Online commerce is beginning to resemble a game of pick-up basketball. Everyone is choosing sides for a game with few rules and no referee. Google made the first pick of a new teammate back in December when they bought into AOL for $1 billion and formed a special promotional partnership with them. Online commerce is beginning to resemble a game of pick-up basketball. Everyone is choosing sides for a game with few rules and no referee. Google made the first pick of a new teammate back in December when they bought into AOL for $1 billion and formed a special promotional partnership with them. On Thursday, May 25 Yahoo and Ebay announced a new multi-year deal that will give both companies access to even more web traffic by sharing several valuable aspects of their business. In the future the two online giants will be combining aspects of their advertising, payment systems, and communications. Yahoo is the world