Amazon and Google are on a collision course

Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course by orangethirty on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @02:46PM (#5676059)

One of my biggest fears as a search guy is that Amazon starts dabbing in general search.

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Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course by brudgers on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @04:38PM (#5676767)

One of my greatest hopes as a search user is that Amazon goes full force into general search - because as a retailer they will see me as a customer rather than a saleable datum.

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Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course by taeric on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @02:54PM (#5676104)

Isn't that what this is? http://www.a9.com/

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Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course by adventured on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @03:11PM (#5676205)

*That's what that was

A9 failed to compete in general search, so Amazon turned it completely inward as a product search engine.

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Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course by taeric on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @03:18PM (#5676244)

Yeah, I clicked around some after I posted and realized it was not as general purpose as I remembered it. I am not a search person, though, so wasn't how far removed from general it was. In particular, the visual search stuff seems even more impressive, honestly. Assuming it works. (I would guess that is a huge assumption.)

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Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course by cm2012 on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @05:17PM (#5677019)

You can also SEO amazon's search.

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