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I used to like the 'Customers who bough .. also bought' feature when browsing books, this has gone now and replaced by 'Sponsored products related to this item'
by chadcmulligan 8y ago
I used to like the 'Customers who bough .. also bought' feature when browsing books, this has gone now and replaced by 'Sponsored products related to this item' which is less relevant, not only that its repeated down the page. The 'also bought' feature is available when you add to your wish list, but only contains a few items now. It does seem to be becoming less usable, which is a shame, its always been my go to for finding new reading. There's lots of other distracting chuff as well now which litters the page.
- fjsolwmv 8y agoIs "customers who viewed this also viewed..." not good enough for you?
- thaumasiotes 8y agoNo, buying something is a much stronger signal than viewing something. Amazon has picked exactly one low-hanging fruit for recommendations: it frequently recommends to me that I should buy an item from my wishlist. That was a good idea on Amazon's part. But it also frequently recommends books to me based on a book that I purchased, read, and left a one-star review for. That seems like a pretty obvious mistake.
- catach 8y ago> But it also frequently recommends books to me based on a book that I purchased, read, and left a one-star review for. That seems like a pretty obvious mistake. The reasoning might be that the bad-review signal means that you found the book to be a low-quality instance of its type, not that you discovered that you disliked all of that type. Unless you're being recommended books by the same author, I suppose.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI am being recommended books by the same author.
- chadcmulligan 8y ago> Is "customers who viewed this also viewed..." not good enough for you? I don't get that either all I get is the 'Sponsored Products..' one, maybe I'm in some A/B test