1. A method comprising: providing a user device with a first search result including one or more item listings in response to a first query received from the user device, each item listing including a plurality of keywords and being associated with a sale format; tracking a plurality of transactions performed on the one or more item listings via the user device; assigning, using one or more processors, for each transaction, a first numerical value to one or more keywords included in a selected item listing and a second numerical value to one or more keywords included in non-selected item listings, the first numerical value being determined based upon the sale format associated with the selected item listing, the assigning including determining the first numerical value based at least in part on whether the sale format associated with the selected item listing is a fixed price sale or a non-fixed price sale; and building a desirability index using one or more numerical values including the first and second numerical values, the desirability index including a desirability value for each keyword, the desirability value being determined based on one or more first numerical values assigned to the keyword, and the desirability value indicating an accumulative frequency of a corresponding keyword being selected throughout the plurality of transactions; wherein the desirability index is accessed to sort item listings in a second search result identified in response to a second query.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each item listing is further associated with a remaining listing period and wherein the first numerical value is determined based upon the remaining listing period associated with the selected item listing.