you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[+] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, e commerce sites which want revenue, developed a search that worked and then broke it to give you less relevant results, hoping you will go to the competition.

    It is well known that companies have revenue. Line must not go up!

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's been a long time since I worked on e-commerce but what you say makes no sense. Search is hard. Humans are unreliable. Data quality is shit, especially if you allow third party participation. It's hard enough to do it without shenanigans.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Google is not a shop. They do want you to click on ads, you are the product after all. They cater to their customers, the advertisers.

    For Amazon, I don't remember that ever being supported. Even if it was, code needs to be maintained and if people didn't use it, it doesn't make sense to keep it. They have metrics for that.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    By not living in the us, maybe? I don't know, I do just fine. Which my family in a communist country couldn't say.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)