Connecting sellers and buyers on the world's largest inventory
Ido Guy · 2018
At eBay, sellers can offer virtually any type of listing, rendering the world's largest inventory, with well over a billion items. Yet, the noisy nature of the input data and the extremely long-tailed item distribution pose a variety of challenges for search and recommendation, such as understanding the unique attributes (aspects) of the products, their importance to both sellers and buyers, and their intra-relationships, all essential to providing a high-quality user experience on the site.