Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 1566 - June 21, 2007 - ISSN 1539-5065
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eBay Australia Implementing Category Rollup in CD Category
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
Reading AuctionBytes: eBay Australia Implementing Category Rollup in CD Category
The process is called "category rollup" and is part of eBay's move toward using Product Finder, which uses product attributes to narrow searches, in place of browseable sub-categories. Read this AuctionBytes article from 2004 for a look back at eBay's initial attempts to roll up categories: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y204/m03/abu0115/s03 .
This is the Music category structure on eBay Australia today: http://tinyurl.com/ysh3k5
This is the Music category structure on eBay.com today (after the category rollup, with no CD sub-categories): http://music.listings.ebay.com/_W0QQ_trksidZm37QqsocmdZListingCategoryOverview
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/au/200706201108342.html
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eBay Australia told users that beginning from mid-July, regardless of what subcategory a CD belongs to, all CDs listed on eBay.com.au will be classified under category Music > CDs with the category number 307. 