SAN FRANCISCO, June 16: EBay and Google have turned from ardent partners to nettled adversaries, with the renowned online auction site yanking it ads from the world’s most popular Internet search engine.

EBay on Friday sidestepped rumours that stripping its advertising from Google is payback for Google planning to promote a competing online payment service across the street from an annual gathering of eBay users in Boston this week.

The auction website’s fans from far and wide are at a massive conference centre for “three days of celebrating all things eBay” at an event dubbed “Live,” according to the company.

EBay executives got word before the event that Mountain View, California-based Google intended to lure eBay aficionados to a party across a street from the convention centre in the eastern US city.—AFP