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Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by dleightful »

Is it possible to search for books that have been blurbed by certain authors? For example, if I'm interested in a list of books that Donald Knuth, or heaven forbid Gary Shteyngart, has blurbed and recommended, how would I go about doing that? Often the product descriptions will have blurbs or reviews from various sources listed on the Amazon page to induce individuals to read the book or atleast permit it to capture their attention.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by o_____________o »

ceyhunkazel wrote: post #18
analyticsjam wrote: post #13

Personally I like the interface and think dumbing it down would be a mistake. I would recommend adding a "minimum reviews" filter, as I sometimes sort by avg rating but get things with 2 or 3 reviews that are probably fake anyway.

I found most of sort features by try and error. I will look into it if Amazon provides it I will implement it.Thanks for the feedback.

Oh, you're not running the search over your own data?

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by dmix »

daveguy wrote: post #28

I always thought it would be nice to sort by stars x reviewers or stars x log(reviews) -- something like that. Something that better balances rating and popularity. One of the most annoying things in amazon search by rating is scrolling through screens and screens of products with one user giving a product 5 stars.

Agreed, I find it amazing that this still hasn't been addressed. "Sort by Average Score" should definitely factor in the number of reviews. It's an easy fix from a technical perspective because you can also sort by number of reviews. Just combine the two!

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by hornbaker »

qqg3 wrote: post #7
fny wrote: post #6

A few things: - The interface is overwhelming. While I understand that you aim to surface power, I think you're not targeting a specific power well enough to cater to a user's needs. For example, if you aim to help a user find deals, you should develop an interface that targets that super power. - Related to ^, I'm wondering why a user would ever need some of these features... like why would I want to search by hidde…

Yes but he would be shutdown instantly if he used "Amazon" in the url

JungleSearch or JungleHunter would be decent compromises.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel »

dmix wrote: post #34
daveguy wrote: post #28

I always thought it would be nice to sort by stars x reviewers or stars x log(reviews) -- something like that. Something that better balances rating and popularity. One of the most annoying things in amazon search by rating is scrolling through screens and screens of products with one user giving a product 5 stars.

Agreed, I find it amazing that this still hasn't been addressed. "Sort by Average Score" should definitely factor in the number of reviews. It's an easy fix from a technical perspective because you can also sort by number of reviews. Just combine the two!

Definitely good idea, currently I redirect to Amazon and it is not easy with even with Amazon Advertising API because when you request amazon only turns 10 products and for another 10 you need a new request. You need to request lots of pages to calculate it and Amazon has request limits.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

dleightful wrote: post #32

Is it possible to search for books that have been blurbed by certain authors? For example, if I'm interested in a list of books that Donald Knuth, or heaven forbid Gary Shteyngart, has blurbed and recommended, how would I go about doing that? Often the product descriptions will have blurbs or reviews from various sources listed on the Amazon page to induce individuals to read the book or atleast permit it to capture…

> blurbed

What does this mean? Is it a typo for blogged, a new social network used by Knuth and Shteyngart, or a word I've never heard of?

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ronp2016 »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #38
dleightful wrote: post #32

Is it possible to search for books that have been blurbed by certain authors? For example, if I'm interested in a list of books that Donald Knuth, or heaven forbid Gary Shteyngart, has blurbed and recommended, how would I go about doing that? Often the product descriptions will have blurbs or reviews from various sources listed on the Amazon page to induce individuals to read the book or atleast permit it to capture…

> blurbed What does this mean? Is it a typo for blogged, a new social network used by Knuth and Shteyngart, or a word I've never heard of?

I think he means the quotes praising the book that appear typically on the back cover of a physical book. https://susanleighnoble.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/writing-an-...

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel »

dleightful wrote: post #32

Is it possible to search for books that have been blurbed by certain authors? For example, if I'm interested in a list of books that Donald Knuth, or heaven forbid Gary Shteyngart, has blurbed and recommended, how would I go about doing that? Often the product descriptions will have blurbs or reviews from various sources listed on the Amazon page to induce individuals to read the book or atleast permit it to capture…

It is not possible, but can be implemented Amazon Advertising API /scraping and machine learning.
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