A shortcut, of sorts, to make searching thru millions upon millions of records without having to read every last one of them. Indexing is a function of modern databases wherein you can tell the system what you are most commonly going to search the database for, and the database software will create a special index, just like the index of a book, for that data. There are a few things I've noted over the past dozen or so years, especially lately.įirst - a small definition. I'm wondering if I can use this RSS feed information to increase search engine optimisation within Google and the like.As others have said, with all the 'disruptive innovation' eBay's been using to disrupt the site, it's sometimes hard to tell what gains advantage and what is just a waste of time.

I sort of learned the basics through here, then after that, Google is your friend.

There's a little official eBay summary of RSS feeds here if you need it. You'd obviously have to use common sense as to not spam the heck out of your Twitter followers, but we've created a Twitter account specifically for people wanting to see when we have new listings created. You can set it up so after an allocated time period it will post your most recent listing as a tweet, which is kinda cool. You can then using third-party programs (easily found in a Google search) to set up a feed using your RSS information (link can be found down the bottom of your store front page after you've activated RSS feeds, little orange icon on the right-hand side) to automatically post to your Twitter account, Facebook account or a few other things. Well, if you activate RSS feeds ( Home > My eBay > Marketing Tools > RSS Feeds) it automatically feeds a list of any new listings you create.

Create rss feed of all my ebay listings