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Did the search algo change last week?

It seems like the search went from a default of needing all searched words to only needing to match some.  Is anyone else seeing this?  Is there any way to revert back to needing all search terms?

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Did the search algo change last week?

If a search that has worked well previously suddenly starts behaving badly, often the problem has something to do with a faulty keyword substitution or an inappropriate automatic category navigation issue.

 

You can bypass many of these sorts of search issues by putting one of your keywords in quotes. This forces eBay to bypass the "smart" features and to search for the literal keywords without any substitution or category switching. You may have to manually specify your category once again.

 

Using a desktop browser, find the "Feedback" icon that appears in the lower right corner of the search results page to let eBay page developers know about your search issues.

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