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Re: Help Needed with Quick ebay Test
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Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> [FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek so I don't clutter .auction]
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> G'day folks,
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> As you've probably read I've been having problems with
> search result data on ebay. Well I've just now determined
> that the "problem" is being done deliberately by ebay.
> In their code that generates search results, they have
> included a directive that forces browsers to use cached
> data on future identical searches, until a certain
> pre-determined expiry date has elapsed. (They are
> using the meta tag "EXPIRES" to do this.) I do not know
> where this cached data is pulling from, I only know
> where it ends up appearing on my machine on subsequent
> searches. I have asked ebay to investigate this.
>
> In the mean-time I hope some of you will be willing to
> do this quick test for me:
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> 1) Go to http://pages.ebay.com/search/items/search.html
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> 2) Execute a search for something.
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> 3) On the results page, scroll to the bottom and note
> where it says "Last updated...".
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> 4) Wait some amount of time, at least a few minutes.
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> 5) Repeat steps 1 to 3, using the *exact* same search
> terms/settings. See if the date/time have updated.
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> 6) Force your browser to reload the page. Is there
> any change?
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> (Remaining steps optional, but very helpful)
> 7) Use the menus in your browser to delete all temporary
> or cache files (or do it manually).
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> 8) Repeat steps 5 and 6. Any change?
>
> Just post the results in reply to this message.
> Indicate which browser and version you are using. In my
> case it's MSIE 5.01. Also indicate how you connect
> to the internet (modem dial-up, DSL, Cable, network,
> telepathy, whatever).
>
> Thanx for all your help!
> KDJ
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> _______________________________________
> LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
IE 5.5 on Win98 - have run several searches I've never run before and, no,
the Last Updated time does not change. But the Last Updated time was not
the current time of my searches to begin with. It listed the exact same
time some six hours ago for every search I ran over several minutes time. I
can't interpret the HTML but are you sure that the Last Updated time they
list isn't the time their indexing cycle last completed (or some such)? It
certainly isn't reporting the time my search was conducted.
John
#388
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| (...) Thanx for checking this for me John. I, too, noticed that the time at the bottom does not match my search time. There is also a time at the top called "current ebay time" or something which I think is supposed to match the search time. The (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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