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Feb 25 2006, 07:32 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,308 Joined: 11-January 06 From: Chennai, India Member No.: 16,932 |
I hope that Google will become the ruler of the web. Google provides most of the services available on the web like Search, Mail, Maps, News Groups, Blogs, Chat, Shopping,......
Now Google is likely to enter the Online Auction arena. I recently came across a site that informs that google is set to enter the eBay territory. An entry yesterday on the Google Base Blog reveals plans to allow people to buy and sell items on Google Base using their Google Accounts. Read more from Google Base Blog |
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Feb 25 2006, 07:52 PM
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Premium Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 10,836 |
im not realy happy with that, becouse google didnt started that service earlyer, before eBay. They should invent something like eBay but with some small feautures that google invented. Like you can get some things for free if you have ... a lot of activity on google or something...
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Feb 26 2006, 02:48 PM
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Super Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 17-June 05 From: Frankfurt, Germany Member No.: 8,358 |
i think this is pretty cool. and even though google dosent really have the best reputation with all this privacy and information storing rumors going on i think that it would be nice of google to do something like eBay. then again it might just make this internet a bit more messy than this messy crap that it already is. just another service....which would make you sign up there too. and then when you look for stuff to buy you have to look on eBay AND on googles ebay thing.
as for sqlbytes proposal of getting free stuff is you have lots of activity i dont think that is very realisic. first of all because google dosent really have any community type stuff and any activity isnt really going to contribute to google. and if it was mean for googles ebay thing then i dont think it is possible at all because all the stuff that are sold are from private people and not by google. and i dont think private people are going to give their stuff awayfor free. |
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Feb 26 2006, 03:09 PM
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Privileged Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 18-April 05 Member No.: 5,852 |
I do not think that many people except those extremely dedicated to Google will use this unless Google really tries hard to get people to use this. The reason I think they will have problems with it is that unlike many of the services that Google offers (like mail) this service actually has reasonable competition that people can not complain about. I think that Google will have a hard time taking on Ebay.
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Mar 25 2006, 07:19 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,308 Joined: 11-January 06 From: Chennai, India Member No.: 16,932 |
Google Base is the service strted by Google that will enter into the eBay territory.
In Google Base you can post any product or anything so that it is searchable by anybody so much similar to eBay. This service is still in Beta Stage, so more features will be added as it goes on under development. |
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Apr 15 2006, 08:55 PM
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 15-April 06 Member No.: 21,904 |
They are entering with Froogle the same than Ebay but not popularized at all-.
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Apr 16 2006, 06:38 AM
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Super Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 270 Joined: 11-April 05 From: 10 inches from the computer screen Member No.: 5,518 |
Well I hope they will have more protection for buyers and more strict policing of sellers and a higher standard of customer service policy.
Fed up with awful sellers on ebay. |
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Apr 16 2006, 01:16 PM
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Super Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 28-March 06 Member No.: 20,865 |
I'm not too sure. at the moment there's only 1 place to go to do online auctions - ebay. google won't add more people to the auctions it'll just split ebay's audience. so sellers will have to put an ad on ebay and google base costing them more money but not getting anything more back
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Apr 16 2006, 01:41 PM
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Super Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 11,799 |
Like trace-uk said, This will ruin sellers chance of selling something since they need to put it on one site while there audience is being split. THey cant put it on both sites because they only have one item so if it is bought on both sites then one they have a situation since they have two buyers for one item, two they have to pay more to get it on google and ebay, third google already has enough stuff going on. They dont need to have a auction place.
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