How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay

Interesante artículo en TechCrunch que analiza por qué las actuales redes sociales están desviando la atención de los internautas de sitios de comercio electrónico tan populares como eBay y cambiando sus intereses y hábitos.

"It’s actually the social graph and similar products that have placed a stake in eBay.com. Most often, people blame eBay’s decay on factors like the weakening economy, the rise of Amazon, as well as eBay’s own inefficient search functionality. But the real and simple reason is eBay is no longer fun. Over the years, it has lost online ground and eyeballs to pure entertainment destinations such as YouTube and social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook."