Monday, February 23, 2009

EBay Changing Current Search Engine In April


Jeff King, eBay's Senior Director of Finding, has confirmed through eBay's Announcements page that the current eBay search engine on eBay will be retired in April of 2009. A new search engine that King says will be "faster and easier" will be implemeted.

"In a nutshell, it looks at a multitude of details in listings to deliver more of the results you want," said King. "It makes it easy to browse and narrow your selection, and lets you choose how you want to see the results. The new auto-complete feature will attempt to anticipate what you're typing in the search area."

King said suggestions from eBay users helped contribute to the new search feature. "The response from the community to the new finding has been great," he added. "We've incorporated a lot of these suggestions already, and in the coming months we'll be introducing more new features and enhancements to make it even faster and easier."

Recently, eBay buyers and sellers have been given an option of using the new or old search engine. As more and more registered users adopted the new technology - 90 percent, according to King - eBay is now ready to take the permanent leap to the improved model. Those who are still using the original search-engine technology will receive messages during their searches to remind them that the changeover will occur in April.

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