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Title: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: stacer on February 11, 2006, 01:09:14 AM: Amazon's going wacko, I think. Usually it recommends good books and movies based on what I've already bought from them or that I've rated, but today I get this:

Levi's® 550(tm) Relaxed Fit Jean
Other products by Levi's
Recommended because you said you owned Serenity (Widescreen Edition)

OXO Good Grips 1057201 Angled Measuring Cup Set
Recommended because you rated A Wrinkle in Time

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Wha? Since when did buying Serenity mean I'd be interested in getting jeans? Do they even wear jeans in the movie? And are the measuring cups because Meg's mom or Charles Wallace cooked in A Wrinkle in Time?

Strange.
Title: Re: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: Harbinger on February 11, 2006, 03:32:18 AM: I can see Serenity and "relaxed" fit jeans. But A Wrinkle in Time seems like it would go better with an iron or something.
Title: Re: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: The Lost One on February 11, 2006, 03:17:41 PM: Amazon is just trying to expand your purchases. They are hoping that if they show you something that you absolutely cannot phathom buying from them that you will cave into their advetising scheme and spontaniously purchase it.
Title: Re: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: stacer on February 11, 2006, 03:22:57 PM: It's hard enough to find jeans that fit well when I'm trying them on in the store. Ain't no way I'm ordering them online. ;)
Title: Re: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: Shrain on February 11, 2006, 03:27:41 PM: Indeed. Jeans are not what I'd buy online, that's for sure. Amazon's "cross-referencing" ad engines must be kind of mixed up to suggest jeans because you bought "Serenity." lol
Title: Re: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: Spriggan on February 11, 2006, 03:58:29 PM: I wouldn't be surprised if the jeans were a paid marketing scheme. I.E. Levis pays Amazon to link their products with specific keywords.
Title: Re: Amazon's "Your Store" linkage
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 13, 2006, 09:10:03 AM: I think that probably the keyword in this case has somethign to do with "westerns." It's not that unfathomable.