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Anyone else having trouble searching?

When searching today so many different items are showing up other than the words I am typing in. I am only looking for specifically what I am typing in. I don't want to see a bunch of other random things. Anyone else experiencing this?

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Anyone else having trouble searching?


@adamcartwright wrote:

I've also seen  sellers use keyword spamming, which mucks up search results.

 


Yet it is allowed, even when reported.

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Anyone else having trouble searching?

Thank you everyone for your replies. I just thought maybe there was some sort of glitch going on. 

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@thefishingmaster2008 wrote:

When searching today so many different items are showing up other than the words I am typing in. I am only looking for specifically what I am typing in. I don't want to see a bunch of other random things. Anyone else experiencing this?


People report trouble with searching all the time. There are many different explanations for the problems that are reported here, and when we are given sufficient information to reproduce the problem it can usually be explained.  

 

But without you telling us what word you are typing and what item you are expecting to find, we cannot offer you any real help. 

 

In my experience, the four most common explanations are: 

  • a known quirk of eBay search (ex. 'category filtering')
  • user error (ex. a typo in search term or title)
  • lack of understanding (ex. eBay matching on category or item specifics, not just search terms)
  • unrealistic expectations (ex. vague search terms that match lots of different items)

 

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Anyone else having trouble searching?

I just did a search for a particular field and got the items I was looking for, nothing else.

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@foster9 

Okay, so you're lucky not to have experienced the issue. 

I have.

It doesn't happen on every search, but enough to be a major frustration.

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