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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / January 2008

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Barry - 27 Jan 2008 22:19 GMT
Ebay experts,
Why am I getting so much non-stude drek when I do a search for "Studebaker"
on ebay.  I now get all kinds of auctions, especially Jeep stuff , in which
nothing on the listing seems to mention Studebaker. I am not checking search
titles and descrips, so should not get anything which does not have
Studebaker in the title.
Frustrated,
Barry'd in Studes
zoombot - 27 Jan 2008 22:42 GMT
Because buried somewhere in the auction page is the word Studebaker.
It's called keyword spamming, and it's illegal.
Report them if you like.
John Poulos - 27 Jan 2008 22:50 GMT
It's the "new" ebay, select the old one and you'll be fine. The new
one thinks a Commando is a Commander and so on.

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> Ebay experts,
> Why am I getting so much non-stude drek when I do a search for "Studebaker"
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> Frustrated,
> Barry'd in Studes

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Gordon Richmond - 28 Jan 2008 01:17 GMT
>Ebay experts,
>Why am I getting so much non-stude drek when I do a search for "Studebaker"
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>Frustrated,
>Barry'd in Studes

Barry, if you really, REALLY, want to experience frustration, try searching for a Jeep on
eBay. You'll get thousands of hits for dreck like bogus HID lights, and under-car neon,
and seat covers, yada, yada, yada, All keyword-spammed, like JP says. If you are searching
for a vintage military Jeep, you have to wade through an incredible volume of junk.

We are fortunate in that most of the mouth-breathers that peddle that sort of shite don't
even know that Studebakers exist, so they don't keyword-spam the name.

eBay really should tighten up their enforcement of keyword spamming. I'd suggest a "report
this auction for keyword spamming" button be implemented, and if "X" number of users hit
the button, the auction is automatically pulled, and the seller has to make his case in
person to an eBay agent to get it reinstated.

eBay should also have a category: "auto accessories, all make" wherein the above-described
junk could be sold.

Gord Richmond
Barry - 28 Jan 2008 03:24 GMT
I guess JP is correct. I would have thought that I wouldn't have gotten all
of that key word spam crap from the auction if I did not do a search on
Title & discrip. I could not find Stude in the title or descrip of those
jeep auctions. If I could have found it, I would have reported them for key
word spamming.
I need to get back to the old ebay.
BH
> >Ebay experts,
> >Why am I getting so much non-stude drek when I do a search for "Studebaker"
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> Gord Richmond
 
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