Entries Tagged as 'amazon'
Some thoughts about Amazon’s Flexible Payment System
UPDATE: Ran across the blog post announcing this bad boy. They say all the right things - except for the major issue of the UI pipeline - this service sounds incredibly compelling. I also found Don’s position on this on his SmugMug blog - my views seem pretty close to his, although he’s found a [...]
Wierd Alexa numbers
So everyone knows that Alexa rankings are not necessarily the most reliable, especially when they’re large. It’s not controversial, Alexa itself admits it on it’s traffic page. It has a large selection bias and non-random distribution - so that unlike Nielsen which does all manner of statistical randomization fanciness so that it can sort of [...]
Amazon and Netflix up a tree!
TechCrunch is reporting on the rumor that Amazon is looking to buy Netflix. Another purchase that I think does well by both of them. I, obviously, have no idea if it is true or not, but if it does turn out to be true I think that both companies would do well by it. Amazon [...]
Patent madness
I just read on Techdirt that not only has our USPTO approved Amazon’s 1-Click patent, it has gone so far as to broaden the scope of the patent. Now, you know I love Bezos’ boys, right? I think they’re a company that has consistently grokked the web. They’ve spent so much effort in really interesting [...]
Amazon goes DRM free
Wow, my boys are at it again. They’ve just announced that they’re going to launch an online music store selling only DRM free mp3’s (via techcrunch). I’m glad to see them getting in on that - DRM’less mp3’s don’t really need much integration with anything since they’re easily imported into whatever system you have, so [...]
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Amazon buys DPReview.com
Wow, this is really great news. Amazon has bought DPReview.com for an undisclosed amount. That site is consistently great for any photography gear review they do and while they do a lot, it’d sure be nice to see them do some more. The site, technically, is kind of lack luster - their forum software is [...]
Matt Cutts on Amazon
So Matt Cutts (of Google seo fame) recently blogged about a topic near and dear to my heart, Amazon. It isn’t SEO related at all, just general thoughts on Amazon. Now you know I love Amazon and that I also love Amazon Prime, so it warmed my little heart to see that Matt also gives [...]
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Simplicity in Online UI
I was reading this insightful post on FranticIndustries about making things simple on your website. To me, this is a huge design issue, your website and UI have to be very friendly to the end user. It can be very difficult to accomplish, though, because many sites provide a lot of complex functionality. However, whenever [...]
Amazon reviewer rank and online community
So, I am - off and on - obsessed with my amazon reviewer rank. I’m not really sure why that should be, I think it started when I realized there was such a thing because my friend Sean started reviewing some Apress books. As a result, I’ve spent a bunch of time thinking about amazon [...]
