posted on March 1, 2008 07:40:38 PM new
Those keywords are related to the subject matter but the rule for book listings is a bit vague.
"Category Guidelines
All words used to describe an item, whether in the title or description of the item page or any other way that may be found using Search, must be strictly related to the item being listed and adhere to the guidelines below. eBay allows other non-relevant text to appear in listings as long as that text is not searchable, which could manipulate eBay’s search engine.
Books and other printed media: Books and other forms of printed media may use the necessary means to describe their contents. However, these items may not use excessive keywords to do so."
Whether that particular listing is legal or not probably depends on the luck of the eBay employee draw as "excessive" can be interpreted in so many different ways.
