Google to lock horns with Ebay through Google Base?
An interesting article by businessweek drawing some conjecture on how a few Europeans have caught some screenshots of a new service called “Google Base”.
It would be interesting to see how any of the big search co's try to compete with Ebay in the auction space, especially since it would be pretty difficult to improve on the current model without getting into a price war or giving it away for free.
This move would also provide the background for Ebay's 45 slide explanation of the acquisition of Skype where they basically justified the move with how their “competitors” are already in this space and they were just “Keeping up with the Jones's”.
Google, MSN, and Yahoo all have VOIP features through their IM solutions.
