Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products

Re:Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Ow... by bantunes on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:50AM (#20985279)

> Coincidentally, Amazon brand products are usually pretty good in my experience, so this might not be a terrible outcome for users who have already decided to come shop at Amazon's store.

So it's fine they're shafting other vendors on their platform because their products are good?

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Re:Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Ow... by jonknee on Monday September 16, 2019 @12:05PM (#20985480)

Why not? If I search and find a reasonably priced product that fits my needs that is a success. Squeezed vendors is just how the world works, do you think Walmart just sits back and lets its suppliers dictate pricing or promotion?

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Re:Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Ow... by monitron on Monday September 16, 2019 @12:58PM (#20986087)

Sorry, no, that's not the argument I was trying to make. I was trying to show this by starting the sentence with "Coincidentally." It was just a separate observation about the same topic.

I am frustrated by plenty of things that Amazon does, by the way...I just don't think that this is a particularly bad feature of theirs.

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Re:Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Ow... by ryanmarsh on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:54AM (#20985335)

shafting other vendors

They own the store. Shopify is a thing.

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Re:Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Ow... by avn2109 on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:55AM (#20985348)

It is utterly baffling that anyone is surprised by this. Water is wet, fire is hot, Amazon changes their website in ways that make them more money.

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