Category: industry players & news

I just saw a text ad in this article (it might not be here anymore due to rotation): "Sponsor Spot: Your customers use Google throughout the buying cycle. Advertise on… Read more »

Inforworld: "Yahoo will close five of its online auction sites that serve six European countries and instead promote rival eBay Inc.’s sites in the region, the companies said late Wednesday…. Read more »

Received by e-mail: "We regret to inform you that as of May 16, 2002, Jeeves’ Tours will no longer be available. Ask Jeeves will be shifting our resources to our… Read more »

CNet: "Currently, people and businesses can sell used goods on the site only if Amazon itself offers the same items new. For instance, if Amazon sells a CD by the… Read more »

Aaron Swartz: "Currently, this account can be used to access Google Web API and Google Answers. In the future, your Google account will enable login access to all Google services,… Read more »

Ecommerce Times: "By feeding off the inventory left behind by dot-com failures, Overstock grew quickly, boosting revenue from less than $2 million in 1999 to more than $40 million in… Read more »

Job Openings at Google: "Reasons To Work At Google […] 7. Pre-IPO stock options."

Stewart Alsop: "Couldn’t these AOL Time Warner execs just bury Netscape and get on with their lives? Couldn’t they focus on the future and on competing aggressively in today’s landscape,… Read more »

Seattle PI: "Even though the online retailer was burned badly playing the venture game, [Amazon.com] is still on the prowl for investment opportunities. But this time the deals are nowhere… Read more »

Amazon.com: "Attention sellers: Amazon Marketplace has become the fastest-growing business at Amazon.com. In the second half of last year, Marketplace sales accounted for nearly 15 percent of all U.S. orders."… Read more »