I helped drive forward a program of user experience changes to our search products during 2005. The first of which launched in May 2005 as the alpha test for a “New way to Shop on eBay”. In addition to general simplification of the Finding UI, it introduced the following improvements:
- Multi-faceted browsing (e.g. search by bed size OR brand OR product type)
- Matching buyer and seller language (e.g. CK = Calvin Klein)
- Multiple selection of concepts (e.g. see all the size 8.0 & 8.5 shoes)
Alpha Test (May – June 2005)
A limited test was run in five categories in May thru June of 2005 to a small percentage of users. Shown below is a screenshot from our bedding category. Press Release
Update:
- Finding experience launched within eBay Express (April 2006)
