Page changes - please clarify for me

[ChantelandMe]

I have been working on getting myself on the first page of seach for the most popular tage I have. I began this morning and changed a couple of titles, changed a couple of tags, and changed a few descriptions. What I have found interesting is a checkbook cover I didn't change ANYTHING on showed up on the first page (down at the bottom, but first page :-) about an hour ago. I had 2 on page 3 that are now split up on different pages and I didn't change them either. I have yet to find the ones I did change - they must be wayyyyyyyy back in the pages.

So, my question is is relevancy somewhat random? Does the order change? Another interesting thing I found was the 8 items I looked at from others that were on page 1 this morning are still on page 1 now.

[Former_Member]

I heard that they rotate them and it has something to do with how many times they have been Favorited and bought and some other things.

[ChantelandMe]

hmmm, Would that not handicap someone who made truly unique items (like original art, etc...)

[PIXELGRINphotography]

I also read that they were listed at random, but far too often I see the same products over and over again for my most popular tag. Then, I will get a ton of orders in little spurts and whenever I search for my most popular tag, I am on page 1. This has been happening for quite some time and I cannot for the life of me figure out their algorithm and I think they like it that way...

Laura, you bring up a very interesting point. I think you would be correct, it would certainly be an issue for someone creating unique items, however, if they are specific enough I would think that that tags/titles used, vs. what is being searched for wouldn't make much of a difference to that person.