the number of offers for a product that is being returned in the search differs from the actual offer count for the product on the product detail page.
e.g.: search query for "laptop"
The third product returns 9 offers ("MSI X340-SU3523, weiß (0013512-SKU1) Notebook"):
If you compare the it to the numbers of offers on the product detail page you only get 7 offers:
Here the XML return:
http://publisher.usa.api.shopping.com/publisher/3.0/rest/GeneralSearch?&apiKey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&trackingId=8034773&numItems=15&offerSortOrder=asc&offerSortType=price&pageNumber=1&productId=84161891&showProductOffers=true&showProductSpecs=true
Is this issue due to merchants not being integrated in the partner network rather only on the core site shopping.com? If so there is a bug in the returned numbers of offers in the search results.
This definitely appears to be a bug in our search engine (I've filed it to our dev team). However, they are working on a new search engine, which will hopefully be available in Q1 next year, so this most likely won't be fixed until then.
Hi,
the number of offers for a product that is being returned in the search differs from the actual offer count for the product on the product detail page.
e.g.: search query for "laptop"
The third product returns 9 offers ("MSI X340-SU3523, weiß (0013512-SKU1) Notebook"):
http://publisher.usa.api.shopping.com/publisher/3.0/rest/GeneralSearch?&apiKey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&trackingId=8034773&keyword=Laptop&numAttributes=10&numAttributesWithValues=10&numItems=30&numOffersPerProduct=1&offerSortType=relevance&pageNumber=1&showProductOffers=true&showProductSpecs=true
If you compare the it to the numbers of offers on the product detail page you only get 7 offers:
Here the XML return:
http://publisher.usa.api.shopping.com/publisher/3.0/rest/GeneralSearch?&apiKey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&trackingId=8034773&numItems=15&offerSortOrder=asc&offerSortType=price&pageNumber=1&productId=84161891&showProductOffers=true&showProductSpecs=true
Is this issue due to merchants not being integrated in the partner network rather only on the core site shopping.com? If so there is a bug in the returned numbers of offers in the search results.
Please advice.
Thanks,
Rudy
Balises
Ryan – 2009-10-23T10:54:45
Hi Rudy,
This definitely appears to be a bug in our search engine (I've filed it to our dev team). However, they are working on a new search engine, which will hopefully be available in Q1 next year, so this most likely won't be fixed until then.
--ryan