https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Buying/Search-is-anyone-else-finding-it-as-useless-as-me/m-p/7958229#M80185 <P><EM><STRONG>It’s worrying you say something can be listed in a wrong category relative to key words? That suggests an exclusion of results possibly in the wrong category. With respect I have been selling on eBay for 20 years so I don’t think I’ve put items in the wrong category, especially on this account.</STRONG></EM></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>When searching on eBay, eBay will often steer the search into a particular category based on the keywords used. Most of the time it is pretty straightforward: if you search using the keyword <EM>iPhone</EM>, your search is sent to the Mobile Phone category. But there are cases where an item could reasonable be listed in more than one category such as either Hand Tools or else Antiques.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If an item cannot be found by searching keywords in the title, but can be found when using the entire title in the search, it is often because the item was listed in the "wrong" category for the keywords used in the first search, and because the second search reaches "all categories".</P> Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:19:14 GMT eburtonlab 2025-11-16T03:19:14Z