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@a45heaven wrote:

View counts are usually based on rolling periods which can cause increases and decreases in the numbers.

 

These are always on seven day auctions , so im not sure how what you said applies. I can see VIEWS rising until the item ends, but decreasing? 

kat@ebay 

Hi Kat - from last weeks 1 hour chat - you gave me an answer as to why Views Decrease on auctions.

Sadly my intelligence is below standard - could you please explain in more simple English and of course why ebay perform this function. ( assuming they wouldnt do something for no reason)

 

Hi @a45heaven ,

 

 eBay do remove bot traffic from view which is mostly done in real-time. However there is a secondary filtering process that performs a deeper analysis that removes bot traffic that may not have been caught by the real-time filtering, so it's possible that this can cause your auction views to decrease.

 

Thank  you,

Kat

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Hi @a45heaven ,

As bot traffic is automatic software its not a real person so companies need to have processes in place to identify this kind of traffic.  Removing it helps improve website performance, ensure accurate analytics and protects against malicious activities.

Whatever doesn't get picked up in the real time function gets reviewed in a secondary filter so this can sometimes result in your number of views being decreased.

Thank you,

Kat