[Sigia-l] People thinking like computers (amazon)

[lisa colvin]

> Let's take Jared's first example:
> 
> > (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, for which he has no way
> of
> > discerning if any of these computers match his
> criteria.

But at least he will know where to get new underwear!
Alas, when I recently looked at Amazon, the catch-all
underwear suggestion was gone. :(

- lisa

:: lisa dawn colvin
:: ontologies / nl / web search

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