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beneteau
On the "auction" side, why would this search: sw 1911

give me different results from this search (without the space): sw1911

This makes searching for various models difficult and limits the "sales opportunity" for the seller.

Don't get in a "huff" moderators---I'm just asking if this could not be fixed.
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  • Spider7115
    Because the search engine only lists items EXACTLY the way the seller lists them. For example, if I search "Colt SAA", it won't give the listings that are "Colt SA". If I search "Marlin 39" it won't give me "Marlin 39A".
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  • spryor
    And you would likely get different (and possibly more) results if you seperate s and w..
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  • MBK
    I have learned to list items like this with spaces both ways:

    Remington Ammo Ammunition 7x64 7 x 64
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  • 1911a1-fan
    not much different than google, you have to learn to out smart the software
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  • givette
    Look at some listings. You'll see AR15 Colt M16 SP1 Bushmaster listed when the smart seller wants you to look at his item from all search inputs. Joe
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  • Spider7115
    Something else to bear in mind is that some sellers are not great spellers so try searching misspelled words. The most common one Ive seen is "Commemorative" - many people spell it "Commerative". Some also make simple typos with the year, such as "1837 Winchester" rather than "1873 Winchester" so be creative in your searches.

    I sell hundreds of Ka-Bar knives on ebay and will purposely list various spellings in my title so people who don't know how to spell Ka-Bar will find it in their search, e.g., "Kabar, KBar, K-Bar, Ka Bar, Ka-Bar", etc.
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  • mongrel1776
    quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
    Something else to bear in mind is that some sellers are not great spellers so try searching misspelled words. The most common one Ive seen is "Commemorative" - many people spell it "Commerative". Some also make simple typos with the year, such as "1837 Winchester" rather than "1873 Winchester" so be creative in your searches.

    I sell hundreds of Ka-Bar knives on ebay and will purposely list various spellings in my title so people who don't know how to spell Ka-Bar will find it in their search, e.g., "Kabar, KBar, K-Bar, Ka Bar, Ka-Bar", etc.

    +1, speaking mainly as a buyer. I run a frequent series of searches for muzzleloading rifle components -- "muzzleloader barrel, muzzle loader barrel, muzzle loading barrel, etc", tweaking the description by just a couple of letters or the addition or removal of a space each time. And I'll deliberately misspell words the same way I've seen them misspelled in a number of descriptions. In some cases you can wind up being the only bidder on a quality item because you're the only one who found it.

    A teacher of mine, long ago in the dark ages, when computers were an expensive novelty for the average person, told us that computers are brilliantly-intelligent morons. They can only do precisely what you ask them to do, but faster and more thoroughly than any of us ever could.

    The internationally-known auction site (whose name shall not be spoken) will suggest searches containing similar combinations of letters and words, but I expect, not being much above the Neanderthal level in computer know-how, that such a feature would involve a little more tinkering than simply getting into the guts of the site, tapping a couple of keys, and resuming business as usual.
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