Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, October 20, 2006.

"EBay's "Best Match" A Bad One For Small Retailers," by Alice LaPlante, Forbes, 10/19/06
http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2006/10/19/Ebay-Google-search-ent-sales-cx_al_1019smallbizresource.html

"Online holiday season looks bright for retailers," By Chelsea Emery, Reuters, 10/19/06
http://digbig.com/4nkde

"ID theft warning for Yahoo email: Web retailers told to block transactions," by Paul Trotter, PC Advisor UK, 10/18/06
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7364

"OZtion Offers Helping Hand to Thousands of Australian Charities and Church Groups via Zero Cost Internet Fund Raising Shops," company-issued press release on Emediawire.com, 10/19/06
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/10/emw452472.htm

"Google Profit Almost Doubles as Ad Spending Surges (Update3)," By Jonathan Thaw, Bloomberg, 10/19/06
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aueUGMqSBWG4&refer=home

"In Korea, a "tenacious" competitor for eBay, Whitman says," By Ben Charny, MarketWatch, 10/18/06
http://digbig.com/4njry

"Taiwan online auction site Ruten sees listings grow faster than expected," by Kaddy Chung, Taipei and Adam Hwang, DigiTimes.com, DigiTimes.com, 10/18/06
http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20061017A9054.html

"Sedo Announces Online Auction Model," posted on WebHosting.info, 10/18/06
http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/sedo-announces-online-auction-model_1018065481.htm

"EBay CEO sees no pullback from business in China," Reuters, 10/18/06
http://digbig.com/4njts

"Google's blogging woes continue," By Juan Carlos Perez (IDG News Service) MacWorld, 10/19/06
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/19/googleblog/index.php

"Man charged in "phishing" scam to steal IDs: At least 7 fell prey to e-mails purportedly sent by PayPal," By SEAN O'SULLIVAN, The News Journal, 10/19/06
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/NEWS/610190350/-1/NEWS01

"Woman sentenced for scamming consumers on eBay," By Matt Birkbeck, the Morning Call, 1018/06
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/15792001.htm