01-23-2015 03:54 PM
01-23-2015 03:59 PM
keywords
But my husband always goes to a category and then searches.
01-23-2015 04:44 PM
01-23-2015 04:59 PM
Just wondering. LOL . I see so many items in the wrong category.
01-24-2015 12:15 PM
01-24-2015 12:47 PM
I almost always search by keyword first.
However, as a follow-up to 'ricarmic's' post, I seem to recall reading somewhere that having an item listed in an appropriate category may help in search placement. This may also tie in with the fact that eBay searches apparently also (somehow) take the description section into account. They certainly must take item specifics into account as well.
In other words, even if an item is properly described in its title and item specifics, perhaps it's possible that if it's in the wrong category, it won't be matched up in searches by keyword as well as an item that has all 3 parameters set appropriately.
All of the above is surmise from much experimenting and observation -- who really knows for sure?