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Search engine not working right

It was working ok, then a few weeks ago if I type in some words, such as White Mountain Puzzle, it breaks up the response. It gives me a short list where "White Mountain Puzzle" are together. Then a related search where the words have something different, such as White Mountain with more words in the middle followed by puzzle. Then another related search where puzzle is first and White Mountain is further down the description. That wouldn't be so bad if it was limited to 3 sections but almost every deviation (different amount of words, etc.) seems to make another related search. How do I get it to give me all White Mountain Puzzle in descriptions in one search result? It seems like this would hurt sellers because if a buyer is searching for new items, how many are going to scroll through every page to find out each sections "new" listings. Anyone know how to get around this?

 

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Re: Search engine not working right

Same problem. eBay broke their search engine 

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By default, eBay will find results that match all your search keywords anywhere in the title or item-specifics, in any order.

 

If you are trying to see only results where the words are in a specific order with no intervening keywords, you can try putting dashes between your keywords, like this:

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=white-mountain-puzzles&_sacat=0&_blrs=spell_auto_corr...

 

 

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I noticed today. If you search as you always typed with spaces between words, it will show the entire trash bin not related to the searched phrase, and if you type without spaces, it will show what you are looking for.

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