January 29th, 2009
Question:
I dont really understand what happend. When I used to come to this site I would type in autograph and maybe 100 things would come up. now when I do it hundreds of thousands of auctions come up and sometimes the word autograph wont even be in the title. I didnt know if something was wrong or what.
Reply:
Hello
You wrote:
“I dont really understand what happend. When I used to come to this site I would type in autograph and maybe 100 things would come up. now when I do it hundreds of thousands of auctions come up”
I’m guessing that the correct spelling is somehow generated from the misspellings, so it includes the results include the proper spelling as well. I guess it happens with some words and other words it does not.
To get around this, just add the correct spelling in the “Exclude these words” field and make sure you select the box next to it.
I just tried it with “autograph” and there were 66 results.
“and sometimes the word autograph wont even be in the title.”
From what I understand, when you do a search on eBay, eBay also searches the “Item Specifics” section of an item listing. So, your keyword may not be in the title but rather in the “Item Specifics” section.
Thanks
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May 26th, 2009
“Thank you for this tool, I have actually found more than one good deal using it.
1 thing:
It’s nice that you can search different international eBay sites with your search tool but the instructions are in English only so many people in say France, Spain, Italy, Germany etc. won’t be able to use it because they cannot read the text on how to use it and what it is about in the first place. It’s not an issue for me but probably is for people from other countries. If you add the foreign languages of the countries that eBay is popular in you’ll probably get more international users.”
Thanks for the tip. I will look into adding different language versions of at least the home page here on Typojoe, I think that will be good enough. I don’t think that machines can translate very well for the most part, so I’d probably have to get a person to do it for each language.
Also, I’m really not sure how well the misspelling generator would work for other languages. I guess as long as a person is using the ‘QWERTY’ style keyboard, it should work ok.
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March 8th, 2009
Question:
Why is your searcher only for EBay USA? Do you have one that will search EBay AU?
Reply:
Hello
You can also use our search tool for ebay AU, CA, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, and UK.
To choose a different ebay site, just click on the downward pointing arrow just to the right of ‘United States’, that is shown as the default ‘Country’ selection - on the 2nd row of the search tool table.
Then just put your mouse on the country that you want to search and click, and that country will be selected. Then just search as normal:
Enter your keyword into the ‘Enter search term or phrase here’ field.
Enter it again, this time in the ‘Exclude these words’ field, and check the box.
Configure any of the advanced options you want to use - min/max # of bids or price. These options are optional and not needed.
Click the ‘Search’ button, and that’s it. You’ll be taken to ebay and shown any possible items listed with misspellings of your keyword(s).
If you get good resulting listings, maybe save that particular search to be notified when any other items listed matching the search.
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