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Eric Meyer Loves Me
19 Jan 05 by DL Byron
At least that what Amazon.com tells me. I've spent much time on Amazon.com lately, managing our new Clip-n-Seal storefront and Amazon is constantly showing me Eric's book. Now, it's a great book, recommended reading, but page after page, day after day, working on Amazon and there's Eric. I even tried going to pages on Amazon where I thought Eric would never go, the opposite of Eric, say, designer moccasins from Isaac Mizrahi. Clicking around in garden tools? Nope -- still get Eric's book.
I'm not a Tivo owner, but I bet that's like My Tivo Thinks I'm Gay, where Tivo suggest shows it thinks you'll like based on what you've watched.
Amazon.com is a constantly suggesting wonder, but I wish I could turn that shit off or set a preference to something like, "suggest only lingerie that Terri Hatcher wears."
I didn't make that page
Another feature of Amazon is the Page You Made (there's Eric right on top of the list). Ok, on that, Dear Amazon UI Designer person, I did not make that damn page, I made this page and a bunch of other ones like it.
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Posted by Michael | 19 Jan 05
That's funny... for Christmas I ordered some children's books for my nephew and nieces, and some cookbooks for my friends. Now all I get - on every amzn page - are cookbooks and children's books. "Curing duck breasts and hanging them like hams in your refrigerator for three weeks may not be your particular pail of blueberries..." For whatever reason I seem to also always get the personal defibrillator - "Be prepared for sudden cardiac arrest with HeartStart." Just what I need. What are they trying to tell me?
Posted by benishs | 19 Jan 05
I think if you click on the text that says: "(Recommended: Why?)" you can select "Not Interested". I believe you can also uncheck items you've bought to take them out of recommendation thingy.
Can't help with the page you made. :D
Posted by Pal Mal | 19 Jan 05
Wouldn't checking off the "I own it" box remove it from your list of recommendations? Amazon's and Netflix's rec. engines are great, but I constantly find myself tricking them into recommending things I'm more interested in.
Posted by -b- | 19 Jan 05
I'm amazed you found that preference. I didn't know it existed. I also see the heart defibrillator. It's the page I did not make.
Posted by Meryl | 20 Jan 05
That is too funny! Maybe you need to throw out everything you have that is the colored red :P
Posted by paul haine | 21 Jan 05
I found that buying my mother a Cliff Richard CD was enough throw my Amazon recommendations way off course.
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