@castlemagicmemories wrote:
Hard to tell if they meant that as a hard and fast statistic, or just a generalization that it changes a lot. That's over 8 times a month, or twice a week, as you know. Since you have pinpointed every 2-3 months, it seems that was a generalization/exaggeration just indicating it changes a lot. And the 2-3 months indicates that change fluctuates.
You're right, if you had a clue as to what it favored at any given moment, sales would improve.
Yeah, and not just this manager, but every one that I've spoken to regarding search has said "not even eBay staff is allowed to know the changes to search because it's considered insider information".
It probably receives minor tweaks regularly, but more significant changes monthly/seasonally. But also have to factor in site changes that are added or removed from this.
One thing that eBay confirmed to me that was changed was sponsored listings. They merge themselves in to search results now, instead of always filling up the same spots of the page. So sometimes when you search you may see more or less of them.
But they still didn't fix the issue where sponsored listings is showing duplicates of the same items, which is one of the many small things contributing to overall reduced visibility.
Sellers would have many reasons to be happy if they were provided clear rules on what would be the best way to compete, and we could do a much better job at giving buyers the very best offerings based around those rules! Increased health of eBay for sellers, as well as for buyers, which opens the door to increased sales on eBay as a whole!
