The informationist in me understands the importance of keyword searching. Computers are a bit stupid in this one respect. Most search mechanisms can only produce results for the exact word you type into a search box. Therefore, if there is a typo in an eBay title or description, the result list will not include that auction. Listings with errors are viewed by FAR less people, and generally will sell for much less then a properly listed item. You may be surprised how many listings on eBay contain such mistakes. How does one find these buried treasures of eBay? You could run multiple searches for every possible misspelling or typo, which is quite tedious and time consuming, OR you can check out the following very cool websites:
The first tool for "sniffing" out such listings is TypoHound.
Type the item or keyword you are looking for into the TypoHound search box and it will generates a search with the following typos:
- Character typed twice
- Character omitted
- Characters swapped
- Key next to correct character hit
- Key next to correct character and correct character hit
This tool offers some advanced search options such as limiting a search to a specified category, "buy it now" items, searching both title and description, and more.
Both sites are excellent ways to find extraordinary eBay bargains! Yo ho!
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