This has been happening to me for over a year & I posted a time or two, back when I found the bug/problem. Then took a break and let my business just limp along without much attention, for quite awhile.
I'm a pretty easy going person & not in SL for making a RL living. This has been my situation long before paid classifieds. I assure you my SL income took a serious nosedive. Since I've been able to take out a Classified, things have picked up. And, I opened a second location, checked the paid listing option & that location, so far, has been turning up.
When I sort by name/title, mine should be near the top. Is listed as "Bodyart" @ Boardman Open-air Market currently. However I've tried all manner of titles, even simply Bodyart, & adding tattoo right in the land title. It is not due to the additional characters. There are others listed this way, including a new location of mine. I once thought the older places were getting rolled off by newer listings, but this is not the case either. Every time I have thought about it over the past year or more, I've tried countless things. Including changing ownership of the land, thus having to relist. The location does turn up in most all keywords, except tattoo/tattoos, which are obviously the most vital.
This isn't about paying the $30L per week, thats nothing compared to the lost revenue from my location not showing up under a tattoo search.
Regarding Kelly Linden's reply to Jesseaitui's post, that it has to do with only 100 listings showing.. how is this choice computed by the system? Why wouldn't all of the first 100 businesses show up in alphabetical order?
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I wasn't in world when I posted, but am now. Search > All under keyword tattoo turns up 472 found, there are no traffic numbers under the ALL tab. Also, note when I uncheck the show mature content box, my original/main shop shows up.
