SL Marketplace is not resetting to show popularity based on purchases

[Spica Inventor]

Has anyone noticed that it has not been updated  for many days now? And by the way, how is the sort by 'best selling' category different than the 'relevence' category when relevence seems to be based on best selling pretty much?

[Josh Susanto]

I've never been all that impressed with the accuracy of this feature, but I've also never asked to get it fixed because there have always been bigger problems.

Go ahead and submit a JIRA if you like, but it will probably just give them one more thing to fix instead of fixing something more important.

[Super String]

I'm afraid it's NOT just "not being updated"...

It seems more like a sudden change or alteration or messing up in the marketplace search results (roughly since March 30).

 

 

 

[Josh Susanto]

Maybe it's not actually a problem.

Maybe it's just one more subtle thing to persuade people to stop using the SLM and go shopping in-world.

[Spica Inventor]

I'm starting to think that it was deliberate. To keep the big money making overpriced stuff (that was slipping fast in the rankings before) to remain on top to help them sell at the expense of the newer and not so well established Merchants from 'butting in' and selling their (reasonably priced stuff)directed for the not so wealthy clientel in SL. At least until LInden Labs can figure out how they can reward their high priced and much favored Merchant force in some other way. Of course they could always just simply weight the higher priced stuff to the top of the search results if they wanted even more as a more weighty part of the existing equation. ;-)

[Super String]

yeah I think it's possible. Probably they just change the weights of variables.

[Josh Susanto]

What you saw was the Planet Venus.

[Lera Keng]

Here is the info I got when I reported this same inaccuracy a few weeks ago (on this subject and some of the other filters).

"Thank you for contacting Customer Support regarding an issue on the Second Life Marketplace.

Search and sorting issues are known problems on the Second Life Marketplace web site.

For additional information, please see the Second Life Jira Tickets, located here:

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-3883

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-4506

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-3140

You may add your comments to those existing Jira Tickets.

You may also Watch the Jira Tickets to be notified of updates to the issue."

Hope these JIRAs help you out!

[Anaiya Arnold]

I'm not sure how they are different, but they are.  For instance the same item I've never sold a single copy of that is persistently on the first page of my store using the "best selling" filter is usually not on the first page when filtered by relevance.

[Misha Kerang]

Yes, I've noticed this as well... and your timeline seems accurate.  It's been a bug for longer than a week now.  I am *certain* I am moving a new item I have released (thanks to group notices), and yet it remains mired at the very bottom of my store's rankings.

Thank you to Lera King for sharing the Jira information on this.  Nevertheless, this is seriously disappointing, and I hope Marketplace fixes this... and SOON.

[Spica Inventor]

The new relevance equation will be....

Price of the Item x number sold x number sold recently

'Price' didnt seem to be a part of it before.

 

;-)