eBay to Use Controversial DSR Ratings in Sorting Search Results

By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com

eBay will use Detailed Seller Ratings, which are feedback ratings left for sellers anonymously by buyers, to influence search results beginning next year. eBay introduced Detailed Seller Ratings (DSR) as the cornerstone of its Feedback 2.0 system earlier this year. Currently eBay's default-sort is by time ending soonest, and seller performance is not factored into search results. According to eBay's announcement on Wednesday, this will change in 2008.

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