Donahoe's move to lower the fees for listing items has boosted the number of items on the site by 18%, according to Majestic Research.

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French publishers had been pushing for Google to pay them licensing fees for listing headlines and snippets of articles in its search engine results.

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Unlike eBay EachNet, which charged its sellers for listing and transaction fees, Taobao was free to use.

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