The eBay search engine is not returning results for description searches. Or it is failing to properly index descriptions when an item is listed. (Indexing is the process by which descriptions are assimilated into the search engine database.). Either way, buyers who use title/description search are not seeing all the results that should be returned by their searches if the search engine were working properly. I have performed several tests and in most instances received 0 results for title/description searches when normally I would receive dozens, even hundreds of results. This problem has been ongoing for at least the past 2-3 days.
If you are a seller and your items are suddenly not receiving the bids/views they normally would, this may be why. If you are a buyer using title/description search and suddenly not getting the kind of results you are accustomed to, this may be why.
I urge eBay to please fix the title/description search issue as soon as possible. My buyers rely heavily on title/description search, consequently so do my sales. I am sure thousands of other sellers are similarly affected.
