How many subdomains does eBay need?

Hopefully I’m not the only one noticing eBay listings clogging up the Google UK rankings.

Come on, eBay, just how many subdomains do you need?

Let’s see - here’s a few prominent ones:

cgi.ebay.co.uk
[keyword].search.ebay
[keyword].listings.ebay
members.ebay
myworld.ebay
pages.ebay
pulse.ebay
search-desc.ebay
search.stores.ebay
stores.ebay.co.uk
wantitnow.ebay
wantitnow.listings.ebay

Of course, no point just doing all that on a single domain - especially when Google can allow eBay to clog up the SERPs using domains from any country registered.

Here’s a few from the “UK only” results from Google UK:

ebay.ie
ebay.co.uk
ebay.com.au
ebay.com
befr.ebay.be
benl.ebay.be

Maybe not as annoying as craigslist - but if I did the above I’d probably be accused of subdomain spamming.

Surely not eBay?

Especially when eBay has a special partnership with Google…