Ebay and Black Friday

Ebay has released a very cool map/video of Black Friday transactions on their website, you can see it here: http://www.ebayholiday.com/black-friday If your not familar with Black Friday, its a mainly US phenomia where retailers enter into the "Black" for the year with the beginning of the Chri

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Build It And They Will Come – NOT!

  I think it has been said and everyone now gets it that traditional sources of news have got to e-enable themselves in order to stand a chance at competing. Newspapers get that - The issue newspapers are faced with now is what to do once with the site once it has been built? In essence

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Livedeal.com adds Forums

Livedeal.com adds Forums

Livedeal.com has added topic based discussion Forums similar to those found on Craigslist. The forums provide an opportunity for further discussion on local purchases. For example "How to find a vet?" or "What is the best movie?". The forums should also provide the ability to for buyers & se

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Ebay hedges with Gumtree

Ebay hedges with Gumtree

Ebay's Gumtree.com classified site has launched into the US markets of Boston, New York and Chicago.  Gumtree has been operating of out the the United Kingdom and been very popular in London.  The site is offers free listings similar to Craigislist but has a more developed user interface like Kiji

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Gumiyo partners with Autobase.com

Gumiyo, a leading provider of classified information to mobile devices, has partnered with Autobase, a leading data collection company in the US. In the US most dealers use a data collection company to capture information related to the vehicle and produce state required window stickers. Generally

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