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Hack 11 Jumping In and Out of Categories While Searching
Narrow your searches by confining them tocertain categories, and filter categories while you
browse.eBay uses an extensive hierarchy of
categories
to group similar items together. This not only enables sellers to
improve the exposure of their auctions, but it helps bidders find
what they're looking for and even discover new
items.When you perform a standard search, no thought is given to the
categories in which the items are sorted; toaster ovens are listed
right alongside antique car parts. By the same token, when you browse
a category, you're simply looking at a list of every
item placed in that category by sellers, whether
it's relevant or not.Category listings and search results are essentially the same thing:
subsets of the massive auction database that is eBay. This means that
when you search or when you browse a category,
you're really just changing your filtering criteria.
Fortunately, you can combine the two quite easily. Think of it as
either narrowing a search by confining it to a single category, or
filtering a category listing with search terms.
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2.4.1 Search Within a Category
Click Browse at the top of any eBay page to view the top-level
categories. Choose a category here, and then a subcategory from the
assortment displayed on the next page. At three levels deep and
beyond you'll see standard category views, including
auction listings and a Basic Search field, as shown in Figure 2-1. (Note that you can also jump to a category
listing from any auction by clicking the category link at the top of
the page.)
Figure 2-1. Search results and category listings use the same interface, so it's easy to switch between them
Just type your query in the search box, leave the
"only in . . . " option checked,
and click Search. Any matching auctions found in the current category
(or subcategories, if applicable) will then be shown.You can jump out of the search and return to the unfiltered category
view by clicking the View Category link in the upper right.
2.4.2 Categorize Your Search
Whether you started your search from a category listing or from the
search box on another page, a selection of categories with matching
auctions will be shown in the Matching Categories box on the left,
and the current category (if applicable) will be shown at the top of
the page.You can navigate through the categories without disrupting the search
filter. To go up a level, click the higher-level category names at
the top of the page. To drill down to more specific categories and
narrow your search, click the desired subcategory in the Matching
Categories box.
