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psunite
Joined: 27 Jan 2005
Posts: 6213
Location: Columbus OH
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: eBay Best Match Search Worrying Sellers |
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Moving into the holiday shopping season, video-game seller Steve Grossberg would prefer eBay Inc. not tinker with the search technology on its site.
Grossberg, president at Budget Video Games Inc., which brings in about $2 million annually from online sales, said the search technology works, and wants to know why eBay would try to reinvent the technology going into the busiest time for sales.
"eBay is trying to use smart logic to tell the buyer what they want to see, rather than let them pick the best matches," Grossberg said.
A notice posted on eBay's company forum Web site Monday introduces this optional way to sort search results for listings the auction site could soon launch across its network of stores.
The feature, known as "Best Match," aims to let buyers find products easier. The technology, now offered on eBay Express, bases search results on relevance, historical buyer behavior patterns, and other information like the listing title and description.
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elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: eBay Best Match Search Worrying Sellers |
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Gotta agree with Grossberg on this one!
If it's not broke! Don't fix it ebay!
Let the buyers browse all they want and quit confusing the browsers! |
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Patty00
Joined: 13 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| It seems every darned year right before the start of the holiday seaon Ebay rolls out another of their nitwit - full of glitches- ideas and the rest of us have to scurry around trying to sell in a really mixed up atmosphere. I don't no the reason behind it but I know they do it on purpose - all lazy slow summer nothing happens but come the holiday season and BAM! They're at it again :-( |
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PlanB
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| What Else Is New???? |
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lammergeiernet
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
Posts: 1007
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: Re: eBay Best Match Search Worrying Sellers |
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I'm not sure why we should be concerned if its optional for now
Very few people use any of the options eBay provides , this includes visiting eBay Store search page ,Sellers Me Page and so on.
The greatest problem with eBay is that very few people know how to use it
As long as its buried as an option there is little to be concerned about ,yet |
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