posted on December 21, 2001 10:11:48 AM
From eBay's announcement page:
<<During Free Listing Day, you may notice a slowdown in search indexing. Because of the volume of new listings, you should expect Search updates to be 12 to 15 hours behind on the two days following Free Listing Day. Please note that this does not impact listings' indexing cycles. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that this may cause.>>