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That site is blocked by Microsoft on my mobile connction sadly.

One obvious clue to the listing being Chinese is the length of the title. Chinese listings tend to include descriptions and usages of the product in addition to the product name itself. I guess it is the Chinese's way to SEO hacking because all products I see on Taobao or AliExpress have the same spammy title all the way to the length limit.

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Why is Microsoft blocking websites at all, let alone on a mobile connection?

Long titles are the recommended tactic of all the "Make money fast on Amazon!" courses I've seen. Keyword stuffing for the algorithm.

Unfortunately it appears to work well. Though it also has the side effect of cluttering up search results. I need a bunch of small drawstring pouches for a project. So all the resellers have stuffed their titles with "bag pouch sack" and the actual size of the item is irrelevant to the title.

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