Ebay Pulls All US Ads From Google Adwords

by Darren McLaughlin

More changes for Google Adwords. The famous “Looking for “deadly illnesses?” Find the “deadly illnesses at Ebay” ads are coming to an end. Ebay is mad at Google and isn’t going to pay for any more Adwords. It will be interesting to see how this move affects earnings.

Technology trade publication Computerworld, which originally reported the move, cited a source as saying it was in response to Google’s decision to hold a party starting at the same time as an eBay conference for merchants who sell on its site.

The Google event, called the Checkout Freedom Party, is part of an effort to lobby eBay to accept its online payment system, known as Checkout, which competes with eBay’s PayPal.

Durzy acknowledged that eBay was disappointed about the Google event. “We don’t view that kind of activity as an appropriate activity for one partner to do to another.”

A clear explanation indeed. It became a personal matter between the companies. I’m sure this is a sign of ever greater tensions between these two online giants in the future.

Resource: Reuters