InfernosChill

ChinRey wrote: But if you want to optimize for best possible ranking, here is one fairly easy way: Use the keyword you want to optimize for as the title - only that keyword, no other text whatsoever Fill in the absolute minimum of content in the other fields, above all: leave the keyword and product features fields blank! Once the listing shows up in your store, click on it - and get all your friends to click on it. Then keep clicking on ti to icnrease the click-through ratio (you probably want to use a bot for this) - not too often though, there is a routine there that rejects too frequent click-throughs fromt he same ip address. Thank you ChinRey for your clarification and suggestions. I renamed most of my products to include some search keywords in their titles. The days of short / catchy names are over sighs.

I am not sure if I understand. What's your definition of "old" and "new" items? Why does the new search favors new over old items instead of going by relevance / best selling? If you have any suggestion on how merchants can keep up and make their MP stores work better with the new search, I am all ears. Thanks.

I agree wholeheartedly. Since the introduction of the new MP search engine, I have seen noticeable drop in my daily sales. I don't understand why LL doesn't do more to quickly address the issues. They profit from MP transactions. If MP commerce is getting affected negatively, they earn less too. Maybe slower summer season contributes to the drop in some degree, but there is no question that the new MP search needs some work done quick.