eBay 2008 Changes

eBay Listings Have Disappeared from Google, Yahoo, AND Live Search - What Happened?

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

First, eBay listings turn up missing in Google. 
Now they are all but non-existent in Yahoo and Live (MSN) search!
This problem was first reported to me by several of our WhatDoISell.com members who saw a drop in their Google search traffic (some up to 70%) in mid-Sept.
Now, upon further investigation - I’m finding eBay listings almost non-existent in [...]

Is Google the Bermuda Triangle for eBay Listings?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Something’s wrong.
eBay listings seem to be missing from Google.
Now mind you, I have no hard data on this from either eBay or Google.
But I do have two weeks of late nights spent at my computer searching for eBay listings on Google. 
And answering questions from people who are no longer finding their eBay listings in Google.  [...]

August 2008: eBay Announces More Major Changes

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Wednesday morning, eBay announced several major changes to occur on the site over the next few months.
There are major changes to Fixed Price listings, Media category listings, eBay Express, Shipping Charges and much, much, more.
I have a complimentary audio recording for you of a class that I just recorded on Wednesday night regarding these changes.
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Important Change Affecting Your Custom eBay Listing Templates

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

At eBay Live 2008 it was announced that eBay would be redesigning the View Item page ( AKA the listing description page) for release this Fall. The new View Item page will incorporate many design improvements based on buyer input as to how they use the View Item page, what they like about it [...]

Why BusinessWeek’s Article Poured Fuel on the Wrong Fire

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Last week’s article in BusinessWeek titled “Auctions on eBay: A Dying Breed” was another attempt by the media to pour fuel on the flames of eBay’s fire.  I get it.  Stories are meant to sell magazines.  And a generalized story is easier to write than one that actually weighs the facts.
However, when millions of people [...]

Is it better to Have Loved and Lost Than Never to Have Loved at All?

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Over the past 13 years, eBay has accomplished something that most other companies would give anything for and pay any amount for…  They were able to get their customers emotionally involved with their company. 
Companies spend billions of dollars trying to get their customers to care about them.  To become passionate about their brand or their product.  To [...]

Why Your eBay Feedback Percentage is Still Not Accurate

Monday, May 26th, 2008

On Monday, May 19th, 2008 eBay began the process of feedback recalculation.  Most people expected that their new Feedback percentages would be accurate as of the end of the week,
However, on May 22nd, eBay announced that this is not the case…

Toto, It’s Not the Old eBay Anymore

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

With the recalculation of feedback on eBay.com this week and the announcement of several new policy changes, comes another glimpse the future of eBay.
There’s been a lot of talk on blogs and in discussion forums about how different eBay is these days - that they are veering away from the ‘old eBay’ - the original vision that [...]