points by malfist 2 days ago | 0 comments
Once you realize you are the product on Amazon's search page it makes a lot more sense. Over half the listings are paying amazon for higher placement into that search. It's long since stopped being a search experience that works for the shopper.
[–] dale_glass 2 days ago
[–] seki285 2 days ago
...except Amazon :)
[–] janalsncm 2 days ago
Please explain how Amazon benefits from bad ad selection to an equal or greater extent than good ad selection.
[–] seki285 2 days ago
They don't need to compete because they have a monopoly, so offering a worse service keeps the advertiser spending more money.
[–] malfist 2 days ago
You do another search, and they get more revenue
The washing machine advertiser doesn't want to to spend money to show me an ad for something I'm not going to buy, and even Amazon doesn't benefit because they get something out of each purchase, so they should want to show me stuff I want to buy too.
There's just nobody that benefits from bad ad selection.