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Quote:***Coming Soon: Layout Changes to the Top of the Item Page*** 

February 27, 2006 | 03:42PM PST/PT

Hi everyone, this is Scott Loper and Elliot Shmukler from eBay's Product Team. We’ve done a lot of buyer research over the past year, and one of the things we learned is that newer members have some difficulty finding the most important information on the item page. Basically, we need to better organize some of the information at the top of the item page (the section above the item description).

Here's a rundown of what you'll see in the next few weeks:

"Meet The Seller” Section - We’re renaming the Seller Information area on the item page to "Meet The Seller." Most of the information will remain the same, except for a few visual changes to make it easier to read.

New "Buy Safely" area - Directly below Meet The Seller will be a Buy Safely section. Buyers expect to find trust-related information in one place, so here we'll list the seller's feedback information, any applicable protection programs (such as whether the listing qualifies for PayPal Buyer Protection), and the seller's return policy, if specified.

Shipping Information Higher on the Page - To make it easier to quickly determine the total cost of the item, we're moving the shipping information up on the page, closer to the current item price.

Relocated Links - The Watch This Item and Email to a Friend links will be moved into the center of the "blue" section. They’ll still work exactly as they do today – they're just in a different location.

Show/Hide Additional Listing Details - Additional listing details, such as the Starting Time and Duration, have been moved underneath the Watch This Item and Email to a Friend links. These will be hidden by default, but you can easily choose to display them if you wish. Plus, your choice will be "sticky," meaning that these will display (or stay hidden) as you move from item to item.

View the Changes in Advance
To become familiar with the new page layout, we encourage you to check out this screenshot so you can see exactly how it will look.

Sincerely,

Elliot Shmukler and Scott Loper
eBay Buyer Product Team

Quote:Based on buyer research over the past year, we have found the need to organize some of the information at the top of the item page a little better.

I'm always amazed that none of their "buyer research" has clued them into the little fact that the  50,000 lines of javascript they load on each page sloooows page load times to a crawwwwwl...or maybe their buyer focus group (considering the group of "buyers" they get their input from) said "Thank you eBay!  Thank you Javascript team! We love the extra 5,000 lines of code you added today!  The slow pages make the shopping experience much more enjoyable! Thank you eBay!"  *oops off topic*

Quote:***Updated: Layout Changes to the Top of the Item Page Available Soon*** 

March 06, 2006 | 05:34PM PST/PT


We are currently in the process of introducing the layout changes described in the announcement below above to the site. Over the next few days, you may notice the new layout appearing intermittently until the rollout is complete.

Neat, eBay put more crap at the top of the page and now I can spend even more time scrolling to get to the auction description.

Is there really a need to list the feedback numbers twice at the top of the listing?

Quote:Seller: meg ( 1 Feedback score is 0 to 10) About Me
Feedback: 2% Positive
                    Read feedback comments 

Quote:1. Check the seller's reputation
Score: 1 | 2% Positive
                  Read feedback comments

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Speaking of Meg , Forbes stopped their monthly CEO approval rating polls  :'(  Meg's approval rating ranged from 2% to 11% over a 1-yr. period (compare that to the 71%-88% approval ratings for Yahoo's CEO over the same period)

http://www.forbes.com/2003/05/01/cx_ceoi...tpoll.html

If eBay keeps adding carp to listings, eventually they are going to look like the e-mails sent through eBay.  A person is going to have to "dig" to find the info they reallllly want to read.

At 800x600 pixels settings the listing is off the page.

Oh well ebay just keeps re arranging the furniture while the ship keeps lisping.
I guess they think if the keep "re arranging" everything,
the ship will return to an even keel.


ebay
180.6 million accounts
71.8 million active

PayPal
96.2 million accounts
28.2 active



eBay active users, is the number of users on the eBay platform who bid, bought, or listed an item within the previous 12-month period.

I wonder if they count logging into the boards with a throw away ID
as an active account?

I mean in their definition of who bid, bought, or listed could include
posting ID's.

Many bid for their placement  amongst the other drinkers.

Others buy the BS  some serve up.

And some may be bidding on some  as we speak.

Quote:If eBay keeps adding carp to listings,

Download speeds for the same item on our web site and on eBay:

eBay:

Download Times*
Connection Rate Download Time
14.4K 153.59 seconds
28.8K 76.80 seconds
33.6K 65.82 seconds
56K 39.49 seconds
ISDN 128K 12.10 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 1.05 seconds

Web site:

Download Times*
Connection Rate Download Time
14.4K 37.69 seconds
28.8K 19.05 seconds
33.6K 16.38 seconds
56K 9.99 seconds
ISDN 128K 3.34 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 0.65 seconds

Did eBay's focus group of buyers using dial-up tell eBay they preferred to wait 39-65 seconds for a listing page to load?