posted on October 26, 2006 12:10:30 PM new
I type in Castrol and Ebutt oops Ebay, changes it to capitol. It sure makes me want to stop listing, selling and buying on eb ^&*()_)(W ^&(_&*(*&
posted on October 26, 2006 12:17:16 PM new
I am also sick of the search function. For no apparent reason, all of a sudden the little search box just disappears from the top corner. This happens all the time!!! At the same time "my Ebay" also becomes a mess. I just want to scream at times!!!
posted on October 26, 2006 12:47:10 PM new
Okay, time for a bit of explanation.
At some point in the not-too-distant past, software engineers apparently noticed two things:
1) There is a finite number of search terms (keywords) being used, and
2) People often make typos, thus ending up with irrelevant search results.
eBay actually *wants* you to find relevant search results, so they went to a smart search where if you enter a gobbledygook word, the search engine tries to convert it to a word it understands.
It can do that because,as a result of 1), the search engine has a list of keywords based on past searches.
I think you may have committed a typo when you entered "Castrol" because Castrol is definitely a keyword.
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posted on October 26, 2006 01:05:43 PM new
I have noticed when I type a search in the top right hand box, I get pretty accurate search results. If I type in the box above the listings, not so much, even if I type in the exact same keywords!!Some times I have done this to narrow my search and it really does narrow it, sometimes down to none, even though teh prior search from the top box gave me the results I was looking for, plus many more I wasn't. Go figure!!
posted on October 26, 2006 01:58:30 PM new
Thanks for the info Fluff. Castrol is the word I needed to use. It is a model car that I was searching for. I know that's the name, I am looking at the box right now. You should have the option to search for what you actually spelled.
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