Comments on: eBay Tips 2008: eBay Shops and Search Engine Optimisation

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eBay Tips 2008: eBay Shops and Search Engine Optimisation at Make Money On eBay — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:09:37 +0000

[...] eBay Tips 2008: eBay Shops and Search Engine OptimisationTime was that people would come to eBay directly, search and buy. Nowadays much online shopping begins with Google, eBay turns up in results and then buying commences. Itâ€™s sage to expect that this trend is going to continue (itâ€™s why I … [...]

By: Paul Clark

Paul Clark — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:39:27 +0000

All I want to say is thanks to all you folk for all this good advice over the last few days.
Paul

By: liz

liz — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:53:55 +0000

oooohh i think i have set it up . maybe . we’ll see

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:52:37 +0000

I tend to think google may not be quite as indespensable to ebay as Dan suggests,
though I am certain it makes or breaks lesser web based companies

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:47:31 +0000

North: when and if google filter ebay out of results in a fit of pique IIRC there was some talk of this after last summer's spat over Google Checkout's party @ eBay Live. However, if Google are seen to be fiddling the results because they've "fallen out" with another company, I think that does enormous damage to their reputation as a search engine. They have to at least appear to be impartial - if they take action, it has to be because someone has done something to damage the integrity of the search results (e.g. BMW fiddling their ranking). Of course, anyone who's done any kind of SEO - even if only white hat - knows that the search results are not impartial: they're not about who has the best site, but whose site is the best match for Google's way of working. I might have the best site on "purple widgets" in the world, but have written it all in Flash, so Google basically can't see it.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:30:05 +0000

Oh Wow! Sue, how the heck do you find the time to do all this …..stuff!!….

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:27:21 +0000

just had a worrying thought,
did ebay and google not have a little fall out a few months ago,
if selling ebays going to rely more and more on google, what happens when and if google filter ebay out of results in a fit of pique

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:21:50 +0000

Sorry Lynne – I tested it, and it didn’t work, so I edited my comment… sorry, you’re just too quick

Just so you and everyone else know, there are a few things I’m hoping to do with comments. One is preview, another is edit (for a short time after you post), and I’ll add BBCode to that list. Any other requests, get em in now.

BUT I’m not promising a short timescale on this coz there are a lot of other things I want to do too, and also my buyers keep expecting their parcels posted, people want their websites finished, and suchlike (how inconsiderate ).

And if anyone’s experienced at WordPress plugins and wants to do the job for me, I will love you forever

By: Dan Wilson: UK-Based eBay Expert, Online Community Specialist, Author, Copywriter and Blogger

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:05:33 +0000

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By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:02:34 +0000

oh – I am confused now…. did you just edit your post so I am now making no sense whatever?? (oh, wow, how unusual is that….. )