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You must have some sort of poisoned history with amzn. I just tried what you describe, and it works perfectly.

snewman 3y ago
Tossing another anecdote onto the pile, I just searched "Adidas shoes". The first four hits are not for Adidas shoes, after that they all are. All four of those non-Adidas hits are "Sponsored" results, but that's not particularly easy to notice (for one of them it's almost impossible). I would agree with GP that Amazon product search often leaves much to be desired. It's hard to search for X without getting accessories for X, competitors to X, products that can be connected to X. This is annoying at best, and crippling if you want to, say, sort by price (all the cheapest matches will be accessories or otherwise not what you wanted).
- jknoepfler 3y ago
  It's just classical enshitification. Now that Amazon has captured user-share, they will (ineluctably) abuse user good-will (by padding search results with ad-placed products the user does not want) until they reach some marginal breaking point. The users that remain are either oblivious or cursed with a lingering taste of bad-faith and bullshit. Eventually the giant will strangle itself in its sleep, but that's probably 50+ years out given how these things go.
nickstinemates 3y ago
Same exact experience.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
  Yep, here's mine, sorted low->high: https://imgur.com/hZ2Zbx2.png https://imgur.com/hZ2Zbx2.png
Capricorn2481 3y ago
Poisoned History is a term I've never heard before, when it's really just algorithms and sponsored products pushing company interests over the users
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
  What I mean by it is that some previous interaction with amzn has left behind some state that leads to a markedly different search result than for other people. I can see (because I was there discussing it back in 95) what the appeal of personalized search results could be for both sellers and consumers. But a few decades of that BS have fairly convincingly made the case that it is a horrible idea.

Tossing another anecdote onto the pile, I just searched "Adidas shoes". The first four hits are not for Adidas shoes, after that they all are. All four of those non-Adidas hits are "Sponsored" results, but that's not particularly easy to notice (for one of them it's almost impossible). I would agree with GP that Amazon product search often leaves much to be desired. It's hard to search for X without getting accessories for X, competitors to X, products that can be connected to X. This is annoying at best, and crippling if you want to, say, sort by price (all the cheapest matches will be accessories or otherwise not what you wanted).

jknoepfler 3y ago
It's just classical enshitification. Now that Amazon has captured user-share, they will (ineluctably) abuse user good-will (by padding search results with ad-placed products the user does not want) until they reach some marginal breaking point. The users that remain are either oblivious or cursed with a lingering taste of bad-faith and bullshit. Eventually the giant will strangle itself in its sleep, but that's probably 50+ years out given how these things go.

nickstinemates 3y ago

Same exact experience.

PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
Yep, here's mine, sorted low->high: https://imgur.com/hZ2Zbx2.png https://imgur.com/hZ2Zbx2.png

Capricorn2481 3y ago

Poisoned History is a term I've never heard before, when it's really just algorithms and sponsored products pushing company interests over the users

PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
What I mean by it is that some previous interaction with amzn has left behind some state that leads to a markedly different search result than for other people. I can see (because I was there discussing it back in 95) what the appeal of personalized search results could be for both sellers and consumers. But a few decades of that BS have fairly convincingly made the case that it is a horrible idea.