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Did it take so long to get it up again because nobody noticed for the first 3 hours? (Actually what is Amazon search used for?)

• b34r 10y ago
  Not everyone arrives from Google.
• randlet 10y ago
  I use Amazon search every time I'm on their site (which is very frequently).
• ajoy39 10y ago
  to search for things that you want to purchase....
• mille562 10y ago
  It's used to search their site for products. If you want to buy a "571B Banana Slicer" the easiest way to find it on amazon's site is to use their search. The search feature being broken translates to sales being close to zero for that time period.
  • arbitrage 10y ago
    > "571B Banana Slicer" Wow, turns out that's actually a thing.
    • SparkyMcUnicorn 10y ago
      Look at it for the novelty, and buy it for the reviews.
      • mwambua 10y ago
        'For decades I have been trying to come up with an ideal way to slice a banana. "Use a knife!" they say. Well...my parole officer won't allow me to be around knives....' You made my day! :-)
    • ddispaltro 10y ago
      You should also check out the "AutoExec Wheelmate Steering Wheel Attachable Work Surface Tray"
• paulcole 10y ago
  Something like 40% of online shopping searches start on Amazon. In 2012 it was about 15%.
• ChrisArgyle 10y ago
  I would have to imagine that a massive corporation like Amazon has automatic detection of issues with tier 1 services like search.
  • umanwizard 10y ago
    Yes, this would have automatically caused people to get paged in minutes or seconds.
• mailslut 10y ago
  I'm guessing he thinks "Amazon Search" meant A9.com - which used to be Amazons search portal (like google / bing / yahoo).
  • DiabloD3 10y ago
    I actually wrote about A9's existence a few days back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11742067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11742067 tl;dr, Amazon's product search engine actually is handled mainly at A9. They seem to attract decent talent.