Another news story at ecommercebytes is about changes in search function on another site, that disadvantages sellers of genuine vintage items.  Unique and genuine items are now harder to find because they are mixed in with massed produced items, you can't search under "vintage".  The site's owners say that sales are up, but it seems to work along the lines of supermarket selling i.e. you make it harder for the shopper (who knows exactly what they want) to find their item by putting a whole lot of irrelevant stuff in their way but if you're lucky they'll get distracted and buy something else they weren't planning to buy.

That kind of thinking goes against the whole purpose and design of internet search engines.  It is a step backwards and people will soon work this out, they are not stupid.