The day began with a quick recap about the recent going ons in the online world. We briefly discussed Ebay acquiring the company “bill me later” and the different possible reasons for this acquisition. It was thought that financing debt could possibly generate more revenue for ebay than their traditionally fees for listings.
The discussion moved on to the big box companies (best buy, etc) and their concern about regulation for online sales. Their concern is that ebay, craigslist and other sites contribute to the purchase and sale of stolen goods. Their hope is to lobby for government permission to keep records on certain customers in order to curb illegal activity.
The remainder was spent watching a video about search engines. Some of the topics covered were:
- pricing
- how search engines work
- what is a spider
- the difference between organic search and paid search