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Whoosh
Dec 11, 2009, 2:07:41 PM12/11/09
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I mentioned the 100 character limit imposed by Ebay on their searches in a
previous posting yesterday. But I've noticed that if I use Advanced
Search, and if there are spaces between each of the search words (before I
thought they waste space so I never used them) the limit is often not
enforced or applied. At least they don't say it is. This seems
inconsistent. I wonder if anyone else has noticed this?
previous posting yesterday. But I've noticed that if I use Advanced
Search, and if there are spaces between each of the search words (before I
thought they waste space so I never used them) the limit is often not
enforced or applied. At least they don't say it is. This seems
inconsistent. I wonder if anyone else has noticed this?
Ignoramus20864
Dec 11, 2009, 3:50:11 PM12/11/09
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The limit that you may be encountering, could be just a limit of
characters typed in the search box? That is, if you add more terms to
the search URL, it may work?
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Whoosh
Dec 13, 2009, 4:05:47 AM12/13/09
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That's a good point. So maybe they are counting words, not characters?
But I don't think so because sometimes it comes up, I change a word or two
and I can add 20% more characters. But I'll keep an eye on that in the
future to look for a pattern. 100 character limit is very bad when you
use long negative searches. Which really is the key to finding good stuff
on Ebay.
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