eBay search down - Nov 21

ebay.co.uk search was not working for many hours today
(symptom:page would not load)

update:
Now searches appear to be working but are not representative of items for sale.

update
03:00 am GMT
Some searches are beginning to show up, others not at all.

03:15 seems back to normal...

ebay.fr searches on ebay.fr brought up the this eBay message

update:
now searches appear to function but are not representative of items for sale.

update
back to normal now

ebay.com searches not working at all
"We were unable to run the search you entered. Please try again in a few minutes."

update
03:00 GMT
Us search seems to be up and running again.

Please see ebay statement on this present question here

Please also see INQUISITR news statement here

Please see here many individual users reports here