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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.general, Thomas Garrison writes:
> > On Sun, 19 May 2002, John Henry Kruer wrote:
> >
> > > I think its just a cheap clone with a box that's a redone lego picture.
> > > The seller guy apparently either dosn't know about the clone property or
> > > trying to fool us. (Its so annoying when you do a search on Lego something
> > > on ebay and you find LEGO-compatable Mega Block or simply Lego Megablock.
> > > It seems that these people are just ignorent of clone brands)
> >
> > They are also in blatant violation of Ebay's policies against key word
> > spamming and requiring listing items in the proper category. Has anyone
> > successfully complained to Ebay about this? After all, those policies are
> > in their interest, quite aside from the propect of TLC's legal department
> > breathing down their necks. . .
>
> But it's not "key word spamming," since the product is, after all,
> "LEGO-compatible," and that's one of its intended selling points. Why would
> it be any different to describe a LEGO lot as "Red Bricks," since both "red"
> and "brick" could be keywords, in other contexts?
> I thought keyword spamming was more like:
>
> PENCILS FOR SALE BRITNEY SPEARS EMINEM SPIDER-MAN TONY HAWK AMIDALA
>
> in which the actual item has little or nothing to do with the description's
> buzzwords.
>
> If ebay browsers don't want to bring up MegaBlok products in their LEGO
> searches, let them refine their search parameters more carefully. I, for
> one, can't stand to have Bionicle belched forth when I do a search for LEGO,
> so I work around it...
>
> Dave!
Darn you, Dave! I clicked on this message EXPECTING to see something
about Eminem and Tony Hawk Amidala (whoever that would be) and instead
found out I was callously and horribly misled. You terrible rogue!
(yes, I'm being silly.)
LFB
FUT->.o-t.fun
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| (...) But it's not "key word spamming," since the product is, after all, "LEGO-compatible," and that's one of its intended selling points. Why would it be any different to describe a LEGO lot as "Red Bricks," since both "red" and "brick" could be (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)
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