At 08:01 AM 7/20/02 -0400, Vicki Rosenzweig wrote in reference to my
earlier posting:
I don't like it. I don't like anything that
basically comes down to "go
offsite and
run a search", and I really don't like doing that when what will turn up is
variable
over short time periods. (A Google image search is at least likely to change
more slowly.) I also don't like the implicit endorsement of a specific
commercial
auction service.
What turns up is not variable any more than a view of Niagara Falls is.
Collectibles is an industry and just like one may expect to view hot dogs
at the grocery one may expect silver pennies on eBay. A Google search in
this particular case is quite unsatisfactory since the words "silver penny"
are attractive as a name for websites, businesses etc. In the first 10
Google hits nothing has to do with coins, although better results would
occur if coin was also searched for.
I guess my attitude is explained by my common practice. Part of my knowing
how to find things includes searching on eBay.
"Endorsing a specific commercial auction service"
It's a very good question whether eBay will ever have a viable competitor.
BTW might look at the eBay article I just wrote.
Fred Bauder
At 05:06 AM 7/20/02 -0600, Fred Bauder wrote:
>The other day I was looking at silver pennies and silver denarius es on
>eBay. I had got curious after working on some coin articles. Turns out
>there are quite a few being offered on eBay of both at any time; usually
>with two images of the coin. Now, this is not about using the image from
>eBay on Wikipedia.
>
>What it is about is that in the case of collectibles or other items that an
>eBay search for will generate a reasonable number of hits that one might
>include in an article the information that an eBay search for "silver
>penny" or "silver denarius" will yield a number of illustrated hits.
>
>For example:
>
>Silver pennies are a [[collectible]] and are frequently offered for sale on
>[[eBay]]. To view silver pennies on eBay enter a search for "silver penny."
>
>A link to an eBay search page is probably not too good as it will contain
>information about your ebay cookies, unless you know how to remove that
info.
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