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 November 8, 2006
top stories
Win presents for our sixth birthday
Happy birthday, eBay API! Find out how to win a video iPodTM or Xbox 360TM.
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'Best Match' Sort in Search Results
GetSearchResults & GetCategoryListings were updated in early November.
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Mpire Powers eBay Pop
Displays eBay sales trends with a twist of current events and popular culture.
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technical alerts & product news
Reminder: Restricted Use of Private Feedback
As of late October, private feedback restrictions are now live to site. See Announcement Board update and System Announcement for additional developer impact. read alert >
Changes to eBay's Affiliate Tracking Methodology
Affiliate API developers should be aware that the migration deadline over to the new Rover link format has been extended to December 15, 2006. full story >
Reminder: Cross Promotion information returned in GetItem
As of early November, GetItem behavior will change with regards to cross-promoted items for API versions 485 (compatibility level 485) and higher. read alert >
Safeguarding Member IDs
API updates supporting this enhancement, including eBay Motors, are expected to go live in early 2007. We will keep developers updated on timelines if we are required go live earlier. Developers should read the Announcement Board post for details about this enhancement. read alert >
developer community
New eBay Desktop Prototype Shown at Adobe MAX
Kevin Lynch, Chief Software Architect at Adobe, demoed a new eBay Desktop prototype during his keynote at the Adobe MAX developer conference. The prototype is built on the new Adobe Apollo desktop runtime (Apollo is in pre-beta) and uses eBay Web Services. read Alan's MAX re-cap >
Free Adobe Flex Training on Nov 9th in San Jose, CA
The Silicon Valley Flex User Group will be hosting free Flex Training Thursday, November 9th beginning at 5:00 PM on eBay's North Campus in San Jose, California. event details >
Developer Forums Thread of Every Other Week
In the Tech Soup forum, developer dhl01 is working through some Auction vs Fixed Price issues with advice from Top Ten poster kevinhint0 and Active poster davidpesta: "It's a common point of confusion. I went through it too." view thread & post answers >
categories & item specifics
Mid-November Category changes
Six categories, including eBay Motors, have brand new category structure changes. check updates >
eBay Motors Item Specifics updates
As of early November, eBay will be making the following additions and changes to the Car & Truck categories on eBay Motors. check updates >
the buzz
Can E-Commerce Leverage Social Networks?
As the Web 2.0 summit gets underway here in San Francisco, Keith Regan from Ecommerce Times caught up with Robert Yeager, eBay Web Services API developer and founder of Cooqy to discuss his thoughts on the role of e-commerce in social networking. read Ecommerce Times article >
eBay offers shopping index of hot items
"It's like a stock market for product prices," says Gartner analyst Allen Weiner. Eric Auchard from Reuters gets to the bottom of eBay Pop, powered by Mpire. read CNET article >
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product updates
API Version: 485/481i
French Canada site launch
Java SDK 483 pt. release
.NET SDK 483 pt. release
code samples
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events

Nov 7-9: Web 2.0 Summit
Nov 9: Free Adobe Flex Training
Nov 30: Town Hall with Bill Cobb

developer pulse

Top 5 Developer Forum threads
1) GetSellerTransactions Call fails: unknown attr.value PaymentInProcess
2) Paynow on sandbox
3) PaidTime For Orders And Transactions
4) Auction vs Fixed Price
5) Confused with the APIs returning order and transaction information

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