eBay RANT

[Koing]

First ebay rant.

WHY do some people put wrong listings in their headline (or whatever it is called)?!

They say NOT nokia, not Sony, not etc etc etc

And it comes up and it is something else! WHO clicks on this BS?!

Koing

 

[dafatha00]

Increases hits.

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: Koing
First ebay rant.

WHY do some people put wrong listings in their headline (or whatever it is called)?!

They say NOT nokia, not Sony, not etc etc etc

And it comes up and it is something else! WHO clicks on this BS?!

Koing

I agree 100%. If I'm searching for something specific, I'll type a keyword to look for that item. I hate wading through all of the bullsh!t that's "NOT [item]". I fvcking hate that. :|

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Koing
First ebay rant.

WHY do some people put wrong listings in their headline (or whatever it is called)?!

They say NOT nokia, not Sony, not etc etc etc

And it comes up and it is something else! WHO clicks on this BS?!

Koing

Because when people do searchn for Nokia etc... it will take them to that listing. Many sellers also misspell their listings on purpose.

 

[Baked]

Link?

 

[imported_Snagle]

yeah the "not x" has become a staple I wonder when it was used for the first time.

 

[Mellman]

simple advertising, some people don't want a "sony" brand, or dont know other brands exist...so they type in sony camcorder...and they'll get some JVC's too etc etc, good for both parties, just use the -nokia etc if you don't want a nokia

 

[vegetation]

It's keyword spamming. Just use a -not in your search string.

 

[Spencer278]

Because ebay is an online trailer park.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Because ebay is an online trailer park.

I've had the hardest time putting it into words but you've captured it brilliantly. :beer:

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Because ebay is an online trailer park.

I've had the hardest time putting it into words but you've captured it brilliantly. :beer:

LOL, indeed.

Technically this type of keyword spamming is illegal according to eBay's TOS. But who's going to take the time to call out every violation...

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Key word spamming, it's illegal on ebay. They do it to get attention from people looking for things they don't have.

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: vegetation
It's keyword spamming. Just use a -not in your search string.

doing -not won't work. You would be excluding the listings you want to see. And considering that most if not all the listings have "not" in it, it would most likly return with zero results.

 

[LukFilm]

Use -sony -samsung or whatever. That will take care of that.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: LukFilm
Use -sony -samsung or whatever. That will take care of that.

same problem as above. you fail.

 

[Koing]

VERY annoying stufff!

When you are looking for something specific you don't want to see YYY, DDD or UUU items!

Would reporting them to ebay do any good?

Koing