Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.

Note: eBay posted an announcement on Tuesday that there is a problem with Feedback updates.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200710021622381.html

"Heads Up!! Best Match is the Default When Searching!" posted on the eBay Discussion Boards, 10/1/07
Looks like eBay may be testing Best Match as the Default Sort when searching.
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?messageID=1010394580&forumID=35

"Microsoft buys online shopper Jellyfish.com," By Judy Newman, Wisconsin State Journal, 10/2/07
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/index.php?ntid=248846&ntpid=1

"Yahoo's "new" search: don't look now, but Yahoo is on the rise," By Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, 10/2/07
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071002-yahoos-new-search-dont-look-now-but-yahoo-is-on-the-rise.html

"Yahoo Upgrades Search Experience, Launches "Search Assist" & Multimedia Content In Results," by Greg Sterling, SearchEngineLand, 10/2/07
http://searchengineland.com/071002-012729.php

"A Digital Mom and Pop: As Web Reseller Expands, Growing Pains Emerge," By Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, 10/1/07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/30/AR2007093001278.html

"German court overturns eBay shopper's conviction," Reuters, Zdnet, 9/30/07
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6210864.html

"Facebook debuts book exchange program," posted by Steve Weber on his Selling Books blog, 9/28/07
http://weberbooks.com/selling/2007/09/facebook-debuts-book-exchange-program.html

"From stigma to prominence, direct response television comes into its own," By Daniel McMahon, DMNews, 9/24/07
http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/direct-response-tv/42496.html