Google Crashes a Party, AdSense Takes a Nosedive
eBay, in a startling, unforeseen move, pulled their entire advertising budget from Google’s U.S. network. eBay ads will no longer be shown in Google’s AdSense program. It us unknown how this will effect AdSense publisher earnings.
The removal of all eBay advertising from Google began when Google attempted to crash eBay’s user conference, in Boston, this week. eBay is holding their annual user conference, this week, in Boston. Google, in an effort to promote their Google Checkout program, unveiled plans for the Google Checkout Freedom Party. The event was intended to try to convince eBay – via lobby from eBay users – to start accepting Google’s Checkout, a direct rival of eBay-owned PayPal (eBay has banned Google Checkout from their system, stating that it has yet to prove itself in fraud protection). All attendees of eBay’s user conference were given special invitations to attend Google’s Checkout Freedom Party, for free food, free drinks, and free massages.
