@Branka-and-Silvia0
Long response, but my answer is a bit complicated...
I host long term guests, so I don't get the volume of bookings/enquiries that most hosts do. However, I hadn't noticed any change since the release. I got one booking a couple of days after, a request that was retracted and several enquiries - more than usual in fact. That's average to good for me.
BUT, there is definitely something going on.
The only category I think my rooms fit is 'shared homes', where none show up even when I really zoom in on the map. One (let's call it room 1) only appears when I enter dates, but the other two don't, even if I am literally zooming in on my house. It's got nothing to do with 'key words' in the listings, which are almost identical. I doubt it's the photos as they were all taken by Airbnb photographers and, apart from the bedroom themselves, show the same communal areas, bathrooms etc.
I wasn't too worried as I believe most of my guests will still search the traditional way and, judging by the number of enquiries, they are still finding me. However, I had noticed when I searched the traditional way (and being quite specific about dates and locations) that Room 1 was showing near the top. If I got even more specific, Room 3 would appear, but Room 2 (my most popular room) was buried further down.
This makes no sense. The prices, availability and ratings are very similar. The location and booking options are the same. What's even odder is that, shortly before the release, I checked my views. They were up on the previous month, but Room 2 (which has always been the most popular and first to get booked) had at least 1,000 more views than the others, which is a lot for me.
Now, following the release, my views are down on the previous month for each room, but for Room 2 (now buried in the listings) it is close to half. Bearing in mind how high the views were before, this means they must have really nose dived in the past couple of weeks.
So, I go back and look at the requests/bookings since the release and, low and behold, they are all for Room 1 and 3. Not a single one for Room 2. Why? What has Airbnb done with my most popular, most viewed room? Why has it suddenly become almost invisible?