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Judging by Amazon's ability to suggest relevant products to my taste those predictive analytics still feel very dull. Maybe one shiny day, but it seems like a l
by 1337biz 13y ago
Judging by Amazon's ability to suggest relevant products to my taste those predictive analytics still feel very dull. Maybe one shiny day, but it seems like a long road aheady of us.
- hightowerman 13y agoI agree that amazon suggestions are not great, but Amazon have a fairly limited set of information to go by - only your previous purchase and search history on that site. If Amazon had the same amount of information that Google/Facebook has, they would be able to make much better recommendations. As an aside, Amazon should really have an 'I already bought this somewhere else' button. 6 months after searching on Amazon for a watch but then buying it elsewhere, I'm still getting watch suggestions...
- RobAtticus 13y agoI know for music they have a button like that. I go through my recommended albums every so often looking for new deals and they have two buttons: 'I already own this' and 'Not interested', which means those items get hidden and it updates its recommendations. It's actually pretty neat and I think its definitely made the recommendations more useful. I think it can be done for videos as well, but I guess they don't have it for general retail.
- cynwoody 13y agoI find Amazon's best at reminding that I've got third-party cookies enabled. E.g., I research the Hitler teapot† on Amazon. Then, suddenly, I'm seeing teapot ads everywhere. †http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/2013/06/12/hitler-teapot/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/2013/06...