It would appear that there are many disgruntled hosts since the launch of the new update last week.
There appear to be a couple of main issues:-
1) Predominantly about either being listed in the wrong categories or not being listed in a relevant category and therefore are not being found on searches. It seems that the hosts cannot change the categories which would be far more sensible than a computer doing it! Maybe the computer could suggest some but the host ultimately chooses whether it is relevant/correct or not.
2) Also, all the listing titles have been changed to generic ones eg "Flat in Norwich" or "House in Cornwall" - whereas before, the host had an eye-catching title in order to stand out and be different from all the other 'Flats in Norwich' or 'Houses in Cornwall'!
For example, mine used to say "Stunning Sea views in a Quirky, Comfortable Apartment" but now all it says is "Flat in Maker"! Not helpful or interesting all. It is only if you click into the list that you see the full title, but when presented with a list of results, all essentially saying the same thing, that is not a good user or host experience.
Many hosts I am speaking to have noticed a significant decline in views and therefore bookings too at what is usually a busy time of year.
3) The search facility keeps zooming out to include irrelevant countries/areas when you have searched for somewhere in particular. For example, I have just done a Cornwall search and on the map I get France and Devon!
Please please can this be fed up the line to the people that can actually change/correct this update. I appreciate that its good to launch new things and great for people in little known places to now be found, but the basics really need to be sorted otherwise many hosts will look to advertise on other platforms.
Any updates and feedback would be welcome.
Thanks, Tiffany