11-21-2018 05:41 PM
I was just doing some searching from the Home Page, accidentally hit return after only inputting the letter "a" (you get the same result with any single letter or even common words likes "and" or "the"............
Somebody needs to fix this typo, better yet rewrite the entire thing because even with "expansive" the examples given are not very informative. It also doesn't help that no reference to what the users original search term was (search box is cleared when the message is returned) can leaving one scratching their head wondering what they did to create the error message.
11-21-2018 05:54 PM
@slippinjimmy wrote:I was just doing some searching from the Home Page, accidentally hit return after only inputting the letter "a" (you get the same result with any single letter or even common words likes "and" or "the"............
Somebody needs to fix this typo, better yet rewrite the entire thing because even with "expansive" the examples given are not very informative. It also doesn't help that no reference to what the users original search term was (search box is cleared when the message is returned) can leaving one scratching their head wondering what they did to create the error message.
Yes. We know.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/What-the-heck/m-p/28729770
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/weird-ebay-message/qaq-p/28687242
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Jewelry-Gemstones-Board-Group/Way-OT-What-the/gpm-p/28503896
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Bookmarking-seller-problem/qaq-p/28665206
11-21-2018 07:51 PM
@slippinjimmy wrote:Somebody needs to fix this typo, better yet rewrite the entire thing because even with "expansive" the examples given are not very informative. It also doesn't help that no reference to what the users original search term was (search box is cleared when the message is returned) can leaving one scratching their head wondering what they did to create the error message.
It is not a typo, but rather a Google Adwords phrase. Common words or popular phrases cost the most money ... They are called expensive keywords.
But you are correct that eBay shouldn't use such insider phrases, and instead should use language that most will understand.