Google Takes on eBay

Google is testing a database service that would put it into competition with one of its big advertisers: eBay. Blogs had buzzed with word of Google’s motives after some internet users a day earlier found a test service called Google Base that handled online classified advertising. The site was later taken down. Google Base would allow people to list items wanted or offered for sale in an online-classified forum similar to those provided by eBay and Craigslist, according to feedback in blogs