on 11-05-2014 03:08 PM
23,052,600 results in Books, Magazines
How many of the listings in that category are not books/magazines.
In a search for completed starting with highest price first has 90 listings that aren't book related.
So why are these sellers still making basic errors in listing as they have no hope of members seeing their listings if they
search by category,
on 11-05-2014 06:14 PM
I don't think a lot of book buyers do general browses.
11-05-2014 06:50 PM - edited 11-05-2014 06:50 PM
Hmm, could be an attempt to minimise insertion fees for items that notoriously attract tyre-kickers (though the FVF is 5 times as much, so not too sure if it would would help overall costs).
Some people do it because it's a subtle way to keyword spam (category names are automatic keywords that will bring an item up in search results even if the pertinent word is not in the title).