Amazon is always experimenting. I wrote SEO copy for them a couple of years ago and they asked me for a wide range of formats with different repetition patterns, related words and other strategies aimed at triggering google algorithms.
Paul via phone > On Sep 26, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Well, nobody's perfect!" > > > Amazon might assign some [slightly] higher weight in their suggestions to > certain products over some other products (still fitting the same relational > criteria) based on other commerical interests. But I don't think that > Amazon, who is considered one of the champions (if not The champion) in the > "big data" efforts in the effectiveness of offering "related" products, -- > would decide to consiously override the outcomes of those efforts that easily. > > > > Besides, - after looking at that link below, I am getting a full "line" of > recommendations from Amazon for exclusively Canon lenses. > So... PJ, - can you guarantee you never ever looked at any Canon lens? > (e.g. like in this case, - by following a link)? > Or.... maybe now Amazon has a way of looking in your deep-secret dreams? > Com'on, PJ, come clean! :-) > > > Igor > > > Darren Addy Sat, 26 Sep 2015 11:29:14 -0700 wrote: > > Interesting. I can't see a rational explanation for that UNLESS Amazon > is now SELLING product placement in "Recommended" based on keywords in > your search/viewing history. If Canon is paying the most for those > keywords, they may get "inexplicable" representation in your search > results. > > >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 1:01 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Now I've never bought any Canon centric equipment from Amazon, and I often, >> search for Pentax gear to check competitive prices, so what it Amazon's top >> recommendation based on my searches and what I've told them? >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NI3BZ5K/ref=pe_851860_150924160_em_1p_0_lm >> >> >> It looks like a neat lens, affordable and if I could figure out how to mount >> it on my K-5II I'd probably buy one. But then I could get used 40mm DA XS >> from KEH for about the same price. So, it's used, but at least it would >> mount and focus... > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
