So, eBay scrapes the bottom of the advertising barrel, with an online banner / MPU combination listing results for Patrick Swayze memorabilia including a 99p video of Dirty Dancing – available now on eBay UK. I do hate advertising. In fact, there seems to be very little to redeem it these days. Ever...
Rumours have been swirling around the eBay-camp as CEO John Donahoe recently hinted that the company is willing, if not ready, to sell its lucrative Skype business. Donahoe, speaking to analysts about eBay's drastic Q4 profits, said Skype was a "great standalone business", which is apparently...
Rohit Bhargava – senior vp, marketing at Ogilvy 360 Digital Influence is the first main speaker today, great speaker and some very good advice for marketers who want to understand social media. He kicks off his presentation by talking about "Why today is different from yesterday". Picture of...
It's nearly Friday, in what has been a dark, unsettling week for those working in the digital industry as hundreds of jobs have been lost.Things are going to get bad. This pernickety credit crunch has loomed into an axe wielding guillotine man precariously holding the edge over our pale, brittle...
A new study, from the IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers, suggests internet adspend is propping up the decline of traditional media such as press display and TV. Yet, just yesterday Ebay axed 10% of its workforce . Will UK internet adspend continue to experience growth despite the economic downturn? What...
I knew other people used this tactic to buy stuff on eBay, but never thought someone would create a widget to automate it. But someone’s just pinged me a new online gadget to play with and make it oh-so-much-easier - Typobay.co.uk We all know there are millions of eBayers out there hawking their wares...
Ebay has turned into the big bad as it rounds on classified site Craigslist, which is fighting off a lawsuit from its unwanted auction site shareholder. In the FT today, Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist, has spoken about the battle and the trappings of success that the soaraway success that the classified...
