[Sigia-l] Amazon, the search engine

[Livia Labate]

http://www.a9.com/

"A9.com, Inc. researches and builds innovative technologies to improve
search experience for e-commerce applications. A separately branded and
operated subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., A9.com opened its Palo Alto,
California, doors in October 2003. A9.com's technology will power search on
Amazon.com and other web sites."

I like the search history feature. I would love to hear your feedback on the
use of tabs in the search results. It's the 'tabs as lenses' idea Christina
Wodtke talks about here http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/002711.html. But
I guess you can always expect tabs from Amazon... ;)

I'm a bit puzzled over the sponsored links. I searched for "information
architect" and got "Over 12,000 House Plans House, Cottage, Multi Family and
Garage Plans - Ready to Build" humm.... what happened to controlled
vocabularies?

-LL