[Sigia-l] ROI/Value of Search Engine Design - Resources?

[Christopher Fahey [askrom]]

Jared wrote:
> > (1) A user, looking for "a low-cost, yet reliable laptop computer
> > that will last 4 years for his son who is going away to school"
> > typed "laptops" into Amazon's search and receives 210 results,

Boniface Lau wrote:
> I went to amazon.com, selected "computers", then entered "laptops"
> into the search box, I got three notebook recommendations, not 210
> results. 

Let's be precise here: your search query returned 210 results but the
results page only showed you the first three of those 210 equally-valid
results. Your screenshot even shows this. This is how Amazon always
works for anything that does not return results within a single "store".
You must have realized that Jared was describing the same phenomenon you
saw. You are not contradicting Jared's finding, only adding detail to
it. 

-Cf

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