Some Think Google Should Go After eBay

There is an interesting article at Seeking Alpha called "
Mainly, the article talks about how Google is a "one trick pony" in that nearly all of its revenue comes from search engine advertising no matter how many products the company offers (although I would contend that they are The author says Google's pony has a very good trick, but it is still one trick. Why don't they buy eBay? The author As I’ve discussed in previous articles; many investors do not realize that eBay.com is a huge conglomerate of dot com properties. My previous thesis even went as far as showing that Google was rumored to be in talks to buy before eBay acquired it in 2007, although the company apparently hasn't jumped on it since bashed the company's management and its decisions would welcome a fresh start from the company, but just the same, many would rather not see Google tainted by it either.

For the record, this is just one person's ideas, and to the best of my knowledge eBay has not expressed interest in selling and Google has not expressed interest in buying. It's just one of those things that people think about and like to talk about.