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"Turns out it's not about new search engines but rather how to capture search intent. Amazon did that to beat Google." This is very much doable nowdays for che
by quickben 9y ago
"Turns out it's not about new search engines but rather how to capture search intent. Amazon did that to beat Google."
This is very much doable nowdays for cheap. Hmm, I should stop slacking on my hobbies and roll one specialized search engine for something that I think will gain traction.
- candiodari 9y agoI wonder how much of that is true. The big difference for me between Google's results for buying things and Amazon's is how trustworthy they are. Google's results are not trustworthy at all. Will there be a buy option at all behind a Google search result ? Good guess. Shipping available/reasonable ? Odds are not good. Not a scam ? ... not sure how to judge that one at all ... and of course there's no shortage of scams on the internet, some of which rank pretty well on Google. Amazon is not optimal though. They're not reliable enough for my parents for instance. I guess the issue is that compared to a local store they still suck. Still compared to Google and webshops, they're definitely the superior product.
- quickben 9y agoMaybe, but not everything is about shipping, the are a lot of areas that sorely lack a specialized search, and have nothing to do with selling stuff.