{"id":101,"date":"2012-11-02T00:27:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2017-11-09T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:55:55","slug":"ebay-wildcard-searches-no-longer-supported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/ebay-wildcard-searches-no-longer-supported\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay Wildcard Searches No Longer Supported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">ebay announced that as of November 5, 2012 the wildcard\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">functionality will no longer be supported.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">This functionality allowed users to include an asterisk with their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">keyword search that would include all spelling variations for an item.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">For example, a keyword search of &#8220;ip*&#8221; might include listings with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">&#8220;ipod, ipods, ipad, ipads, ipadd,&#8221; etc. in title in search results.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">eBay is no longer supporting wildcard searches because recent\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">changes to how search works already takes into account many\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">spelling variations, and it enables to more efficiently deliver search\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">results faster.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Since AutomatedSearches.com uses the eBay system, we will have\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">the same limitation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">This will be an inconvenience for us users that have been relying on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">using wildcard searches for years.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">You can still use the other format of expanding searches using\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">parenthesis and commas&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">(ipod, ipods, ipad, ipads, ipadd)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">This translates to \u00a0\u00a0ipod OR ipods<\/span>\u00a0OR\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">ipad<\/span>\u00a0OR\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">ipads<\/span>\u00a0OR\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">ipadd<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">You must use the parenthesis for this to work correctly. 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