http://www.auctionbytes.com The latest online auction industry news. en-us http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif http://www.auctionbytes.com 130 68 http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y09/m11/i24/s06 Former eBay executive Rajiv Dutta has joined venture capital firm Elevation Partners as a Managing Director. Mr. Dutta was Chief Financial Officer at eBay for many years, and most recently served as Executive Vice President of eBay and President of eBay Marketplaces. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y09/m11/i24/s04 Google's "official" blog featured a posting about Google Product Search, aka Google Shopping, encouraging consumers to start their holiday shopping on Google. The company also announced it would be acquiring Teracent, which helps advertisers get better results from their display ad campaigns. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y09/m11/i24/s05 Liquidation.com is running a promotion in which it is giving away one 42-inch Vizio HDTV every week until the end of the year. The online-auction marketplace for surplus inventory wants users to know it is making available single-unit quantities this holiday season in addition to the larger lot sizes traditionally offered. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y09/m11/i24/s01 Amazon.com leads all retailers with the best value perception according to YouGov's BrandIndex, followed by Kohl's in second place and eBay in third place. "Value" was measured by asking survey respondents: "Does it give good value for what you pay?" http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y09/m11/i24/s02 eBay released a new "Deals" application for the iPhone and iPod touch available in eight languages. The eBay Deals iPhone app is pre-loaded with eBay's top eight mobile search categories; all "Deals" are listings with less than four hours of listing time remaining, zero bids, no reserve and free/fixed price shipping calculated into the total cost.