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Steve
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 Google Checkout reaches UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6549643.stm
A credible alternative to paypal, but how long before eBay announce that it is "not an approved transaction method"?
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MARK CROOK
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mmm.. lets see what goes..
who will be trying it out first !.
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leta50
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Hmmm Its been available to the US buyers and sellers .... so
Anyone from the US on here tried it out and got any comments? 
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If Google and eBay were people I reckon they'd be the best of pals, eBay gets some of the best ranks by google that i've seen for just 1 website. eBay and Google seem to be living in each others pockets so I'd assume eBay would want to keep them sweet.
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Dan
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ooooooh so is it live now in uk.. i been waiting for this as my paypal alternative.
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15p + 1.5% and it would appear to offer much better chargeback protection than paypal.
Good point about the eBay/Google relationship - I think it would create a big strain upon it if eBay were to refuse approval.
Could this be the event that removes Paypal's finger from its incredibly tight posterior?!
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Dan
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well ive just joined. been waiting for this to surface. and now will see wot its like
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Just heard on the radio that ebay have banned Google checkout!
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leta50
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That was damn quick ! 
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Don't like the idea that you cannot use a bank acc to sign up, It seems that it must be a CC.
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sausage wrote: If Google and eBay were people I reckon they'd be the best of pals, eBay gets some of the best ranks by google that i've seen for just 1 website. eBay and Google seem to be living in each others pockets so I'd assume eBay would want to keep them sweet. Ebay are the biggest users of Adwords by far and although they have entered into other various partnerships Ebay stated a long time ago that they were restricting the third party processors to Paypal only and checkout will not change this.
The ranking formula for the search engines has nothing to do with paid inclusions etc (see matt cutts blog) and the rankings that Ebay attains are more to do with the likes of us putting links to their site using various anchor texts...have a look around this forum alone and you will find thousands..
Ebay can live without Google as it is now to much of a household name, like many of teh other super websites, and no doubt Google can live without Ebay but they probably have more to lose in advertising revenue than Ebay would with a drop in traffic...
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I've just picked this up on another website -
Quote: I have used Google Checkout and it is not without its own problems. The final straw was when I discovered that session cookies remain even if you close the browser window or switch off your computer!
That means anyone logging into the same computer can access your Google Checkout account simply by going the the Google Checkout website. There is no need to enter e-mail address and password!
Initially, Google claimed the session cookies remained for 5 minutes, but their legal department now acknowledges they remain for 20 minutes. Google Checkout is the only financial HTTPS website I know of that maintains session cookies on browser closure, failed internet connection etc.
Given all the other problems I encountered, I have given up and closed my Google Checkout account. Does this seem to be a genuine issue, or just excessive paranoia? I never use any online payments if I am away from my own PC for this reason, but surely it's not enough to give up on it before it's even had a chance to take on Paypal!!
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