posted on October 22, 2003 01:41:44 PM new
I am trying to search the words "board games" Ebay is kicking back search results for "board games" but notice all the titles in the auctions pulled up are "board game"-(non plural)Very unusual, I used to search "board games" all the time...any ideas?
[ edited by micmic66 on Oct 22, 2003 01:43 PM ]
posted on October 22, 2003 02:05:36 PM new
That has been that way for as long as I have been on eBay. Example: If I search Lampwork focal bead that is all I get. If I search Lampwork focal beads that is all I get. If I search with both bead and beads I get both. Now some sellers put both the singular and pleural in the title for better exposure so maybe that is how you got board game. As long as both are in the title both will come up.
posted on October 22, 2003 02:11:40 PM new
Libra63, I can specificly remember searching "board games" and getting only auction titles with the plural version. I am 100% positive.
posted on October 22, 2003 02:51:04 PM new
I heard somewhere not too long ago that they are enhancing the search feature..was right here, I'm pretty sure.
Anyway, plurals and singulars will show up no matter which one you search, and things like / - etc. won't make a difference either. Smarter search. Good deal, too, so I don't have to use up keywords putting both forms in my title.
posted on October 22, 2003 03:18:22 PM new
If you search for " board game* ", you'll get both singular and plural items. If you search for gam*, you'll get game, games, gaming, gambling, anything that starts with those three letters. The asterisk is your friend!
posted on October 22, 2003 03:37:10 PM new
ebay posted this on their announcement board back in July
Plurals and Alternate Spellings in Search
In the next few weeks, we will be introducing an enhancement to Search that will help you find more relevant search results by including the plural version of a singular word (or vice versa) in your search results. Search will also begin to return alternate spellings of certain words.
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posted on October 22, 2003 08:40:00 PM new
On the other hand..that "alternate spellings" thing will take all the fun out of finding a mispelled auction title, bidding, fixing the error and making a profit. Rats
