I believe that some bias in terms of listings should go towards the actual title.
For example if I type in Smash Bros that it should show bias towards the listings with Smash Bros in the title before then displaying items that have “Smash” and “Bros” in the body of the listing.
This is another example of how badly the current algorithm is working. I am selling an indie title called “Shotgun Legend”. Nothing special but it is the only copy listed on the platform. So, you would think that naturally my listing should be the first return that anyone would get when they search for “Shotgun Legend”. You would be very wrong. It is the 4th last out of around 60 titles (which for convenience sake I have filtered to Games as the current search platform has an outrageous liking for DOTA 2 In-Game Items :))
I have put up a picture of the first 24 listings. You’ll see that the JPEG is cut off but 19 of them are identical listings from the same seller. Thankfully this time his listing actually includes the words shotgun and legend but not in the title and not together.
Once again every time I carry out a search the same sellers who created this spam-fest are at the top of the returns.
Pedja-Games has already covered in great depths the many issues with the non-instant delivery sellers who list en-mass and buy and sell the cheapest key they can find from other platforms to supply their buyers:
PICTURE OF A SEARCH FOR SHOTGUN LEGEND
