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<p>But that appears to have ruffled feathers with the auction site, which operates its own payment processing outfit, Checkout competitor <a href="http://www.paypal.com">PayPal</a>, leading eBay to stop placing AdWords ads via Google, Valleywag <a href="http://valleywag.com/tech/ebay-and-google/hostilities-begin-268507.php">reported</a>.</p>
<p>The tech gossip site quoted a Deutsche Bank analyst as saying Google's party, due to be held on the site of the Boston Tea Party in what the company said was a move toward <em>"freedom"</em> and <em>"alternatives"</em>, was a <em>"truly retaliatory"</em> move.</p>
<p>Tom Oliveri of the Google Checkout team last night wrote <a href="http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/2007/06/update-to-our-event-on-614.html">a follow-up blog post</a>:</p>
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<p>No alternative date was given. Google and eBay had last year <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/28/technology/28ebay.html?ex=1314417600&en=c1630a46ecd7fde1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">inked a deal </a>under which they would share revenue from click-to-call Google Ads placed by eBay merchants.</p>
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<strong>Google has cancelled a party planned around its Checkout online payment system after pressure from eBay.</strong>
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<p>The search giant <a href="http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/2007/06/let-freedom-ring.html">on Monday announced</a> the bash would be held this evening on the fringes of eBay's own <a href="http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=112">Live event </a>in Boston.</p>
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