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I was trying to get into Google 3 times in my life. Results so far: - some (all? one?) interview failure (no feedback), rejection - interviews passed, no degree in CS (which was known to them prior of the interviews), rejection - interviews passed, this time missing CS degree is not a problem, no cultural fit, rejection I think I am done. You are assumption is without merit though.
There are many many people without CS degrees at Google.
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#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
"It’s now free to sell on Google" https://blog.google/products/shopping/its-now-free-to-sell-o...
This tells us that Google isn't charging, but not what else you need to set up and how much they charge. That part seems pretty opaque.
Most likely what is going to happen is "Yes it's free", but you have to show up in the search, in the product listing ads, and that isn't free.
What to sell stuff via Google, you better be sure that your ads and buy button are at the top, and that will cost you.
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I still want a way to pay with "cash" over the internet, e.g. a prepaid card which I can buy with cash and isn't tied to any person's name or address.
That would be cool for donations too. I often would like to compensate software devs or content creators, but I hate having to create an account and/or share credit card info. I think someone mentioned "burner" cards a while back.
Privacy.com the App. Let's you do this with burner cards.
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#214They need to solve shipping. Partner with Uber (or hey, Waymo) to pick up and drop off packages from shops to consumers. An alternate model would be to make search good enough let consumers find stores within a radius of their current location selling X, and price compare them. E.g. I need a widget - stores a, b and c are selling it. Store a is $14.99 and 5 miles away, store b is $8.99 and 15 miles away, store c is $…
"Solve shipping"... Shipping packages is a solved problem in many countries. You order something, before the shipping company picks up the orders for today at the sell, anywhere from 17:00 to 22:00. It shows up at your door the next day or a pickup point of your choosing.
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#215So many questions... the big one: How does Google make money from this?
You'd still need your product shown on Google. I would assume that this happens via the product feeds and ads. So that you buy directly from the ad.
Getting your product listing to the top of Google search results is not free.
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I noticed Amazon has stopped informing you what you actually purchased in their confirmation emails (though the emails still have other purchase suggestions in them). I'm guessing that might be partially to prevent the info from being conveyed to Google in Gmail.
I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement.
> I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement.
Yes. I saw that while in China. I would get push notifications from Gmail and I was able to know what was the mail about without access to Gmail. But, for Facebook I would only get "You got a message". And that was totally unhelpful. Now, I knew that I had a message that I was not able to access too. Seriously infuriating.
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#217Does anybody else think this is in response to Apple's privacy crackdown on third party tracking data? If you buy on Buy, then you are still first party for Google and they can still get your signals.
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Super-Fast shipping is available now to everyone now via USPS Priority Mail 3 day. It's 3 days at most and unlike Amazon the delivery time is guaranteed. Amazon's shipping time estimates aren't trustworthy enough to rely on for important deadlines, the buyer has no recourse other than a refund if shipping takes longer than it's supposed to.
FWIW I would never trust USPS to deliver on time in my city. They regularly lose packages for a week or two before magically delivering them, with tracking information that is the long-form equivalent of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. UPS, FedEx, and Amazon have all been vastly more reliable than USPS. However, USPS has been fine for me in other cities. Maybe, like real estate and cell phone coverage, location matters when it comes to p…
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#219This doesn't seem to solve the main problem I have with Amazon: even when I know exactly what I want, it's impossible to find. Amazon hides the thing you want behind the items they want you to buy instead, and they allow fakes and spammers to flourish. They never have the right aspects in their search filters, either. Looks like Google is the same way. I can't find an A19 LED light bulb with 2700K color temperature a…
If I search for Pixel 3 case on Amazon, it will also return Pixel 3 XL cases. If I search for 1440p IPS monitor, it will mix in some monitors that aren't 1440p, and some that aren't IPS. I'm not sure if it's because they don't want to solve the problem, because they don't care, or because somehow having customers need to spend more time on Amazon to research their purchases perversely leads to people spending more ti…
There is a 3rd possibility: sellers are completing the product page with incorrect metadata. This might even be down to simple user error eg someone non-technical given the data entry job.
I'm not saying Amazon isn't full of dark patterns and other problems but if there is one thing I've noticed on nearly every online store since the dawn of online shopping, it's that there is always the odd product that has been incorrectly classified. This problem only becomes magnified when you allow 3rd parties to complete product pages.
For me though, the most annoying anti-pattern goes to eBay and how it will bulk out it's results with items from other countries even when you specifically state a local region.
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#220Is Google's head of payment systems really called "Bill Ready"?
One of the highest judges in the UK is Lord Judge, who used to be Judge Judge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge