Erick Schonfeld on eBay’s Brain Drain

At their core, eBay and Google pretty much do the same thing: they match buyers with sellers. eBay does it directly, while Google does it indirectly through advertisement links. But don’t be surprised if in the future Google becomes a lot more direct in its approach.

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