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Subject: 
eBay keyword spamming
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:28:15 GMT
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Had anyone had any success in reporting keyword spamming on eBay? I was
just browsing auctions and noticed that this fellow's auctions:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=kenneylee@ap.net

almost all use a long list of usually innapropriate keywords, for
example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=526639334
LEGO 5 YELLOW UNKNOWN(TRAIN&VEHICLE IDEAS)PHO

LEGO,5 YELLOW UNKNOWN ITEMS(TRAIN CARGO,SPECIAL TRAIN CAR BUILDING
PARTS ,PLANE,SPACE,BOATS,& VEHICLE IDEAS)CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!(I
am putting lots and lots of things(building and train,plane,space,
& vehicle ideas...LET YOUR IMAGINATION WORK OVERTIME) on ebay this
week and next, so bookmark my ebay site(kenneylee@ap.net) and
check it....

This guy has over 100 auctions, and certainly only a handful have train
parts.

With this kind of abuse, it's no wonder eBay has had problems with
searches overwhelming the system.

--
Frank Filz

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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: eBay keyword spamming
 
(...) The 9 ASSORTED WENCHES caught my eye. TRAIN AND VEHICLE IDEAS...sounds very sordid. But wait... what's that in the picture....assorted winches, oh well. pete.w (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: eBay keyword spamming
 
(...) Judging by his canned auction descriptions, he's not too savvy. So it's quite possible that these parts came from trains and other LEGO sets, got mixed up, and for all he knows - it's as likely as not that they're train parts... I would fault (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: eBay keyword spamming
 
(...) Kenney is a decent sort of guy! I've won stuff from him before. If he's doing something that annoys you, then email him. He'll more than likely correct it. He's having to sell off everything he owns due to a divorce type situation. I think (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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