In June 2022 I made a post about how search was bad. In that case I was concerned with search results not being related to my actual search. In that case I was completely wrong and search was actually functioning normally.
I am now concerned with the opposite: that my search results are NOT including listings that should be included.
I will detail two examples and I am very open to me being wrong (as I was in June 2022), but I don't think I am.
1.) When I search "Sony DSR 2000" (without quotes) I fail to see the listing with eBay item number 234883037199. This listing's title is literally "Sony DSR 2000". However, the listing DOES show up when I search "DSR 2000" (without quotes). So, clearly something is wrong here.
2.) When I search "Mac mini" (without quotes) I fail to see the listing with eBay item number 285128675613. This listing contains the text string "Mac mini" in its title. However, the listing DOES show up when I search "Mac mini 2012" (without quotes). The more general search for "Mac mini" SHOULD include this listing (unless I am insane).
In all four of these searches I have made sure that category "All" is set, that location is set to "Worldwide", and that "All Listings" is selected under buying format. Am I missing something or is this eBay's search getting worse? Hard to believe for a $10 billion revenue company. If I was the seller of either of these items I would be mad.
Let me know what you think.
