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Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 6:09 PM
I've been watching my flamingo towel search everyday since stores went back into search. You can see the same results in the bin tab, for those that aren't in search.

Since there are relatively few (less than 200), it's pretty easy to see. Mine have the closeup pictures and are 10.29 each and there are about 12 or so of them. All were listed on same date.

After 2 wks, they are consistently moving from top of search to near bottom and back, with relatively few additions to the category. And it seems to be a pretty consistent placements-the items at the top on Thurs 2 wks ago were at the top this Thurs, etc., at the bottom on Sunday. This time of year is NOT a big selling time and only the Halloween one has sold recently, so there is little "history" on my items.

May I suggest that, because this is easy to see, that people look at it daily for a wk-and see if you see them same: rolling placement. In this search, obviously with so few items, the movement probably doesn't effect sales; but in a larger search that return 1000's of items, it could explain the rolling blackout/surge/dearth of sales.

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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 7:08 PM
I typed in "flaming towel". Got 44 results...didn't see any of your listings, and ONLY east coast sellers were showing up...mostly sellers from Penn, Virginia, NY, Florida, Maine. I;m from New Hampshire. There was one listing from seller in Cali, and one from Illinois, the rest were all east coast sellers.
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 7:09 PM
I typed in "flaming towel". Got 44 results...didn't see any of your listings, and ONLY east coast sellers were showing up...mostly sellers from Penn, Virginia, NY, Florida, Maine. I;m from New Hampshire. There was one listing from seller in Cali, and one from Illinois, the rest were all east coast sellers.



Sorry, I'm goofing alot tonight..


IMy search was for "Flamingo Towel"
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 7:52 PM
I signed out of ebay, cleared my temp files, then came back to ebay, did search for "flamingo towel", now shows 128 results, and you had a bunch of listing showing up right at the top of search...like 18-20 in top 50.


But while I was logged in under my seller ID, I only got 44 results, and none of them were yours. These inconsistency happen constantly.
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:15 PM
I just did another "flamingo towel search using my seller ID. This time it shows 128 listings, BUT your first listing shows up about 45 down from top position, behind a bunch of east coast sellers. Whereas, earlier your listings weren't showing up at all. And, your listings were all showing up in top 50 when I cleared my temp files and didn't log into the site. Every search has produced drastically different results....When I'm logged in....ebay puts all the east coast listings on top, when I'm not logged in, and clear all temp files before doing a search....there is a mix of sellers from all over the US showing up...not just east coast sellers. I call that rolling blackout based on geographical location.
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:23 PM
i just searched flamingo towels 42 results -no stores showing and 1 of dorothys 34 position

case made

most of the vendors that came up were in california
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:26 PM
Hey Dorothy.

I typed in - flamingo towel - on my sell and primary (ex)buy ID.

43 listed - not one of them yours. I don't know how to do a screen capture. I also Bolded that Ebay stated they can't run my search. And - there must be somewhere between 150-175 of them, because the paginations goes up to 7 pages. So, I'd say search is screwed up.

Link and C&P below. I don't know if my link will show the same results if you click or not, so I C&P'ed also.

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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:27 PM
second search flamingo towels

all top rated sellers 28 items no dorothy

1 international seller united kingdom
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:27 PM
You came up number three out of fifty on the first page. Best Match.
I am in Florida.

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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:29 PM
well roulette has better odds
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 8:37 PM
Okay, this is weird.

I hit my link, and IT just states "Page 1 of 1"

Yet when I C&P'ed IT,

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The bold part above was not - and is not - there.

How the hell does that happen? Can something be copied and pasted that doesn't show on my screen?
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 10:07 PM
From western New York at 1AM a flamingo towel search found 128 and Dorothy you have 9 of the first 25 or so (including spots 2 and 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11)...not bad.

This goes back to what I spoke of in another thread. Got beat up a bit for the comment "If they SEE it they will BUY it". I didn't mean that everything seen will be bought but they sure as heck won't sell if they're not seen.

I also mentioned that traffic (according to Omniture for what it's worth) has fallen off of a cliff since getting the PS badge. No sales in a week now after adding store listings, FP and auctions and even free shipping. My return for the investment...ZERO traffic for November 1. That's right not a single visit to any of my 563 listings.

I'm at a loss. Thanks for letting me vent.



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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 1, 2009 11:36 PM
NM reporting in. My search for 'flamingo towel' shows dorothy on page 4, but I had to click the "buy it now' tab to even see her listings. The 'all' tab returned about 30 items, the 'BIN' tab had around 120 items.

Love that math on the 'all' tab, eBay.
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 2, 2009 6:30 AM
These inconsistency happen constantly.

Well, let's look at them-

dc-2 ids, two results. IF the id that didn't show mine was run using the search box at the top of the page-then you didn't see BECAUSE you aren't in SIS test. The other id is and that's the reason for the difference.


ALL my items are store inventory....sorry if I didn't make that clear.

Do the search again, then do the search using the bin tab and see if there is a difference-that mine do show up.

I think Etown, World are also NOT in store search, so try the above and let's see what hapens.

Marty STOP with the generalities and do the test, for a wk. The point of the test is NOT whether the stuff shows up, it's how they rotate. You used to be interested in figuring out things-are you now only interested in bellyaching?
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Re: Rolling blackout=rolling exposure, Marty please look

Nov 2, 2009 6:39 AM
9 of the first 25

Bruce that's interesting because when I posted 4 hrs before you, I was at the bottom-none in the first half of a 200 item page.

This morning the easter rabbit is 2nd and others are showing in top have are up there.

the listings are rotating-just watch for a couple of days.

Once I can convince people it's happening perhaps we can figure out what influences that rotation.
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