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Andy Beal, CEO of Fortune Interactive, a
search marketing consulting firm, said, “While I don’t think
you can point your finger to one specific product offered by
Google that is causing fear to Yahoo! and eBay, the
combination of all Google’s recent initiatives is causing
both Yahoo! and eBay to reach out to each other for
support.” 8
However some analysts termed the deal as “being too late”.
Allen Weiner, a Gartner Inc. analyst, said, “There’s no
question that this is a significant partnership, but it
seems reactive. It’s anti-climactic, because we’ve been
waiting for years. If they had done this two or three years
ago, they would have done it from a position of strength.”
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ADDITIONAL READINGS AND REFERNCES1. “Yahoo-EBay Deal,” www.chron.com, May 25, 2006.
2. Michael Liedtke Ap, “Yahoo, eBay Join in Partnership to Challenge
Google,” www.abcnews.com, May 25, 2006.
3. Ritsuko Ando, “Yahoo, eBay pact seen a step to global partnership,”
www.today.reuters.com, May 25, 2006.
4. “Yahoo, eBay Ally on Ads,” www.redherring.com, May 25, 2006.
5. Ben Charny, “What the eBay-Yahoo Deal Means to Google,”
www.oraclewatch.eweek.com, May 26, 2006.
6. Natali T. Del Conte, “Yahoo, eBay Strike Multi-Year Ad, Transactions
Deal,” www.pcmag.com, May 25, 2006.
7. “Google sees closer ties to eBay despite Yahoo deal,”
www.news.moneycontrol.com, May 26, 2005.
[8] David Miller, “Is ‘Ya-bay’ Gunning for Google?” www.internetnews.com,
May 26, 2006.
[9] “Yahoo-eBay tie-up smart but ‘anti-climactic’,” www.tmcnet.com, May 26,
2006.
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