07-17-2006, 04:43 PM
Auctionbytes article:
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i17/s01
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?t...2000176685
Quote:Sellers have identified a glitch that affects shoppers' ability to find all relevant items when searching within eBay Stores. Sellers noticed the problem as early as July 10, though some have been complaining about eBay's search function for months...
Sellers noticed that searches in their eBay Stores did not bring back all results and realized that searching "Titles & Descriptions" (T&D), which is the default setting on eBay Store searches, would bring back fewer results than unchecking the T&D box and conducting a search. (Searching titles and descriptions should bring back more results than title searches only.)...
eBay's suggested workaround in the Friday afternoon post was to uncheck the T&D box when entering words into the Store Search box. But even if shoppers became aware the search was failing to bring back all of a Store's listings, which is unlikely, they would be even more unlikely to find eBay's suggested workaround...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i17/s01
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?t...2000176685