eBay Advocates Using Google Plus, Hires Google Affiliate Exec

While eBay's relationship with Google has become adversarial over the years, with Boston tea parties and legal wranglings, eBay's affiliate program sees no shame in advocating the search giant's social networking site to members. eBay brought its affiliate program in-house in 2008, renaming it the eBay Partner Network. Its blog dispenses advice and features interviews, and on Monday, it published a piece titled, "Should You Be Using Google+?" (link to blog post). However, the author, Scott Parent, says "the social network aspect of Google+ seems to be the least attractive feature for many users." He recommends using Google+ and