Reverb Ad Suspension

[Plain Old Barry]

"Unrelated / Unnecessary Keywords: The listing contains non-relevant brand names, words or phrases.

It's called keyword spamming. This games the search engine and is pretty annoying to prospective buyers. Craigslist, eBay, others also prohibit it, but don't enforce it as much.

If I'm looking for a Sting Ray, I'm not interested in your Fender listed as "like Sting Ray".

Like this:

 

[IPA]

Good, I used to report listings all the time but stopped because they didn't seem to enforce anything.

The listings have been getting progressively worse with the bigly superlatives and title spam, hopefully this signals that they are actually enforcing again.

 

[newfuture]

Keywords are a tool of the devil and should be avoided at all cost

 

[GroovinOnFunk]

Haha. Oofff... This didn't turn out how the OP thought it was going to, I'm sure.
Echoing others, those rules are very understandable and legit. Don't be a dingus. Play by the rules. It helps the world go 'round.

 

[Chrisk-K]

I hate an ad title that reads like,

Cort, not Fender, not Sadowsky, not Music Man, not Spector…

 

[KellyC]

 

[Dr. Love]

Reverb has specific policies because bad listings can lead to bad transactions and then they are put in the middle between the seller, the buyer, and financial institutions like PayPal to resolve it. That probably costs them more than just losing a sale commission. If I was acting as a middleman for business deals, I'd be pretty picky too.

 

[gln1955]

I have an in law that asks for advice.... and then argues with you. I've stopped giving advice.

Are they on TalkBass?

 

[Chris Wilke]

Try something like this for getting more Reverb clicks on your description.

Bass guitar with a precision fretting system is perfect for jazz and 4003 other types of music. Compact design fits in the trunk of a jaguar, nestling safely inside the fender well. This bass is a real ripper and there will be no lull in the action as you become an explorer of new electro acoustic sounds. Quality components eliminate the Spector of going out of tune on a gig. It is perfect for a working, intermediate or beginning musicman. The high modulus graphite case will keep it safe during your travels.

(apologies as I may have just destroyed the search function on talkbass. Mods feel free to delete) lol

 

[g-dude]

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What amuses me is when I find out someone is a decade younger despite looking like they are at least 3-5 years older than me.

I may feel decades older than I am, but I’m grateful that I look young for my age.

I suspect it’s a combination of genes and the fact that I haven’t been much of a drinker for the past 15+ years.

Perhaps that person’s age is accurate - Gen Z is allegedly aging like milk if you believe social media.

 

[fhm555]

I have an in law that asks for advice.... and then argues with you. I've stopped giving advice.

Sounds more like they are seeking validation.

 

[JenderBazzFass]

As far as the keywords, Reverb does a good job of slapping down people who are doing the thing where you list a bunch of irrelevant stuff in the ad hoping to spam people's search results.


"This is a Squier by Fender blah blah blah...

It is the greatest bass I've ever played and smokes every other bass in existence, just didn't bond with it and need to thin the herd"




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