Comments on: Five tweaks Amazon needs to make http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/ neat fun stuff Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: releasecaster http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-131596 releasecaster Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:29:40 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-131596 Amazon should offer the service you mention in #1 and #2, but since they don't we've tried to solve it - <a href="http://www.releasecaster.com" rel="nofollow">releasecaster.com</a>. It tries to also solve some of the issues mentioned in the comments, such as tracking all books from a particular publisher. Any feedback from people reading this post that know what they are looking for in such a service would be greatly appreciated. Amazon should offer the service you mention in #1 and #2, but since they don’t we’ve tried to solve it – releasecaster.com. It tries to also solve some of the issues mentioned in the comments, such as tracking all books from a particular publisher. Any feedback from people reading this post that know what they are looking for in such a service would be greatly appreciated.

]]> By: Karl http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-115390 Karl Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:40:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-115390 I love Amazon Prime, but I hate that they make it so difficult to filter out non-prime eligible items. I just read about this site - http://www.iprimr.com on slickdeals. iPrimr is a search engine that returns ONLY amazon prime eligible items. I love Amazon Prime, but I hate that they make it so difficult to filter out non-prime eligible items. I just read about this site – http://www.iprimr.com on slickdeals. iPrimr is a search engine that returns ONLY amazon prime eligible items.

]]> By: Yuri http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-114643 Yuri Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:02:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-114643 There are a couple of <a href="http://www.improvetheweb.com/7-shopping-cart-tips-even-amazon-could-use" rel="nofollow">more tips that Amazon could use</a>. I am astonished they still have something to fix! There are a couple of more tips that Amazon could use. I am astonished they still have something to fix!

]]> By: دروس http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-105018 دروس Thu, 24 May 2007 22:27:46 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-105018 yeah, i love amazo prime too… and its makes amazon associate like me more happy cause it can attract more sales :p http://www.ihsac.com yeah, i love amazo prime too… and its makes amazon associate like me more happy cause it can attract more sales :p

http://www.ihsac.com

]]> By: ash966 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-104218 ash966 Wed, 09 May 2007 21:09:38 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-104218 In the library field, online catalogs are often derided as old and clunky, and people often try to think how they can make them more like Amazon or Google, so it's interesting to hear about Amazon's flaws. You can always use Worldcat (http://www.worldcat.org/) to search, then follow the link on a specific item back to Amazon. Libraries: we don't care if you use our stuff without buying anything. In the library field, online catalogs are often derided as old and clunky, and people often try to think how they can make them more like Amazon or Google, so it’s interesting to hear about Amazon’s flaws. You can always use Worldcat (http://www.worldcat.org/) to search, then follow the link on a specific item back to Amazon.

Libraries: we don’t care if you use our stuff without buying anything.

]]> By: shehap http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-104044 shehap Mon, 07 May 2007 19:41:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-104044 yeah, i love amazo prime too… and its makes amazon associate like me more happy cause it can attract more sales :p yeah, i love amazo prime too… and its makes amazon associate like me more happy cause it can attract more sales :p

]]> By: turan tuna http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-103632 turan tuna Wed, 02 May 2007 20:19:55 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-103632 I agree with the book alert. I’ll be interested in any new book by certain niche publishers too - it’s a pain having to keep on hitting their advanced search function to look for new books. I agree with the book alert. I’ll be interested in any new book by certain niche publishers too – it’s a pain having to keep on hitting their advanced search function to look for new books.

]]> By: Konn http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-103273 Konn Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:38:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-103273 I wan't every product to come with a real amazon woman, pirahna from the amazon river, and that giant amazon river anaconda (without j-lo and ice cube pls). I wan’t every product to come with a real amazon woman, pirahna from the amazon river, and that giant amazon river anaconda (without j-lo and ice cube pls).

]]> By: Adam http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-102995 Adam Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:15:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-102995 For what it's worth, this post has made it to Amazon internal. I can't guarantee they'll be acted upon, but at least your comments have been heard. For what it’s worth, this post has made it to Amazon internal. I can’t guarantee they’ll be acted upon, but at least your comments have been heard.

]]> By: Tom Harrison http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-102756 Tom Harrison Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:47:00 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/five-tweaks-amazon-needs-to-make/#comment-102756 I also love Amazon, but man could they do a better job on many fronts. Here's my wish-list: * Organize product information better. There are about 20 sections on some pages which appear to have been placed on the page in some semi-random order. As another commenter pointed out, UI ain't their strong suit :-) * Make good suggestions for products I want, in the same way NetFlix makes good movie suggestions for me. I buy a fair amount of music from Amazon, lots of books, and ungodly amounts of other things. Yet they don't seem to be able to do better than stating the obvious (and usually incorrect) guess as what I might like. Amazon should be able to know and use a lot more about me than they seem to. * Use their power to *force* manufacturers to provide complete, structured and accurate specifications and descriptions for their products, notably consumer electronics, but all, really. * Do a better job of grouping related products. The 7 different colors of some Olympus Stylus camera aren't really any different, but they have different ASINs and seem to be 7 distinct products. (My review for the pink camera was 5 stars, but the silver one was 2 :-) * Organize product categories (browse nodes) ... at all. The degree to which browsing by nodes leads to completely mis-categorized products is laughable at times. Amazon is great if you know what you want, but if you are trying to find something and you're not sure, good luck. * Do a better job of identifying the products that are good from those that suck. User reviews are a great start, but they should be able to use a lot more about what they know to steer users towards good products and away from the wrong ones (in particular, older models of things, etc.). Having said this, with the possible exception of Shopping.com, Amazon still provides the most information on most products of any other online product catalog. If only they could organize the data, they could do so many things better. I also love Amazon, but man could they do a better job on many fronts. Here’s my wish-list:

* Organize product information better. There are about 20 sections on some pages which appear to have been placed on the page in some semi-random order. As another commenter pointed out, UI ain’t their strong suit :-)

* Make good suggestions for products I want, in the same way NetFlix makes good movie suggestions for me. I buy a fair amount of music from Amazon, lots of books, and ungodly amounts of other things. Yet they don’t seem to be able to do better than stating the obvious (and usually incorrect) guess as what I might like. Amazon should be able to know and use a lot more about me than they seem to.

* Use their power to *force* manufacturers to provide complete, structured and accurate specifications and descriptions for their products, notably consumer electronics, but all, really.

* Do a better job of grouping related products. The 7 different colors of some Olympus Stylus camera aren’t really any different, but they have different ASINs and seem to be 7 distinct products. (My review for the pink camera was 5 stars, but the silver one was 2 :-)

* Organize product categories (browse nodes) … at all. The degree to which browsing by nodes leads to completely mis-categorized products is laughable at times. Amazon is great if you know what you want, but if you are trying to find something and you’re not sure, good luck.

* Do a better job of identifying the products that are good from those that suck. User reviews are a great start, but they should be able to use a lot more about what they know to steer users towards good products and away from the wrong ones (in particular, older models of things, etc.).

Having said this, with the possible exception of Shopping.com, Amazon still provides the most information on most products of any other online product catalog. If only they could organize the data, they could do so many things better.

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