For years I have regularly searched for "Ziera" in women's shoes. When I click on page 2 it defaults to" Sierra". It actually puts that word in the search at the top of my page. This gives results such as automobile parts as well as another brand of shoes called Sierra. This has been happening for at least a month. People selling "Ziera" shoes will have searching buyers giving up. I know I have!
I have encountered other users having problems with keyword substitutions when changing between pages of search results. eBay's search has some quirks, and sometimes different "smart" search features can interact in unexpected ways.
If a search that has worked well previously suddenly starts behaving badly, often the problem has something to do with a faulty keyword substitution or an inappropriate automatic category navigation issue.
You can bypass many of these sorts of search issues by putting one of your keywords in quotes. This forces eBay to bypass the "smart" features and to search for the literal keywords without any substitution or category switching. You may have to manually specify your category once again.
Using a desktop browser, find the "Feedback" icon that appears in the lower right corner of the search results page to let eBay page developers know about your search issues.
