November 4, 2003

Meg Whitman, chief executive of online auctioneer eBay, on Monday downplayed speculation that its chief business partner, popular search engine Google, was poised to become its biggest rival.

Talk is rife that Google is seeking to diversify its business after it emerged late last month that the 5-year-old search engine is considering an initial public offering of shares in a flotation that could value the company at $25 billion. Regardless of whether Google taps the public markets, industry observers expect it to use its powerful search technology to make a concerted push into e-commerce. It has launched a trial version of Froogle, a price-comparison search engine for thrifty shoppers.

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