Show 02-05-06: Top eBay Seller NARU, Craigslist Fee Increase, Skype Hacking Threat, Zopa, Googleguide

Question: When one of the top three sellers on eBay, with over 258,000 feedbacks is NARU, what does it mean for the rest of us?..the sound that you should hear is the marketplace speaking. Craigslist ups it’s fees for certain categories in a effort to bring the venue back under control…whose control is another issue.

Is Feedback spreading? Two sites try and expand the model to encompass the rest of the web. Will it work? And do they have the right stuff to pull it off? MIT and Cambridge scientists point out that Skype is “Rype” for hackers. A new PPC site that is two steps beyond Google and just might be an additional source of income for you.

Professors at the Wharton School weigh in with a study of bidding habits based on access to an extensive set of auction history….and the results are anything but academic. Are your funky old auctions keeping bidders at a distance? PixClinic offers you the look and feel of professionalism that your business just might need. Sim City meets webanalytics at Visitorville…really cool stuff, now if I could only get it to work. Follow-up on Zopa, the great idea the British are trying that US banks will fight tooth and nail to prevent.

Check out CloseOut Solution for everything from refurb cell phones to cameras and plasma TV’s. Booksalefinder lists most every charitable book fair in the country. RS-Kit is a rare thing, a genuinely valuable list of computer and electronic resources that is worth the cost of admission. The Switchboards; crafty sorts freely sharing a wealth of ideas and sources. Googleguide; how to search Google like a pro.

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