Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads

Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by Judson on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @09:59AM (#17959729)

I've noticed lately that Amazon's search also returns products if the query matches customer Q&A questions.

So if you are wanting to purchase, say, a 10ga extension cord, and UL listing is important to you, searching for '10 Gauge Extension Cord UL' will return many non-UL listed cords with customers asking 'Is this UL Listed?'. It makes for a very frustrating shopping experience.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by Fej on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:00AM (#17960320)

I don't know about you, but I rarely buy any electrical equipment off of Amazon, because even if it's UL-listed the one received might be counterfeit.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by whoopdedo on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @05:42PM (#17963635)

It's like they want marketers to post fake reviews. We've all seen the so-called users who write "I was very disappointed in the Ronco Widget Tensioner. I returned it and bought a Spacely Sprockets(tm) Grommet Guard instead. That worked perfectly!"

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