In terms of traffic growth and market share, it's just no contest. So many more people hit eBay's options that Google's Checkout and Base may as well be invisible.
When Microsoft is beating Google at something, it can't be a good thing. As Hitwise analyst LeeAnn Prescott According to Hitwise data, last week (week ending 2/3/07) the market share of visits to eBay was 844 times greater than the share of visits to Google Base. Paypal's market share exceeded Google Checkout's by 71 to 1 in the same period. Clearly Google Checkout has been doing better than Google Base, thanks to aggressive promotions, which is not something that Google typically does. Google Checkout did enjoy a big spike around Christmas 2006, when they ran their $10 off discount offer. PayPal recently one-upped Google by Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok:PayPal, eBay Crushing Google's Options
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