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Would it be too much for Google to program the bot to get the final price, and then delete all the items from the cart? Seems rather rude, even for Google.
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> This bot is simply trying to get the final price (with tax and shipping) which is ridiculous because e-commerce storefronts should do that in the first place without going through the whole checkout process. It's usually not possible because you don't know how much the shipping + taxes are until the customer enters the billing information.
Yeah that's true. But from a UX perspective there are ways to make this less opaque. Perhaps a call to action at the top of the listing with an entry box to enter the Zip Code so an approximate final price can be calculated. Any good UX designer can come up with a solution for this in a couple of hours or less. There's just no motivation to make it happen because this obfuscation of data is particularly optimized and…
This bot is simply trying to get the final price (with tax and shipping) which is ridiculous because e-commerce storefronts should do that in the first place without going through the whole checkout process. I always have found that kind of shady but it's probably known to increase conversions. What I found interesting is that this an open attack vector for e-commerces. Multiple bots can hit a website and start addin…
Makes you wonder whether the smart thing to do is just make it convenient for the bots to get the info out so they won't ruin your data and waste your bandwidth. Can't fight them, join them. Can't really stop free information flow.
I mean yeah, I get that if you inadvertently make the checkout button hard to find, you'll lose potential sales, but I don't think you need intricate data about what your customers are doing to figure that out.
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> It reads like it was written by someone who hasn't fully mastered English English is my first language, I didn't find the writing that terrible. It's certainly no worse than the standard of output from most large news outlets. Could you cite some examples?
> English is my first language, I didn't find the writing that terrible. It's certainly no worse than the standard of output from most large news outlets. Could you cite some examples? Sorry, it was my mistake. Before I saw the archive link, I had found a reposting on some sketchy website and got the tabs confused. That version is basically plagiarized but makes some weird word substitutions. WSJ: > For more than a y…
Google. Saved you a click.
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> It reads like it was written by someone who hasn't fully mastered English English is my first language, I didn't find the writing that terrible. It's certainly no worse than the standard of output from most large news outlets. Could you cite some examples?
> English is my first language, I didn't find the writing that terrible. It's certainly no worse than the standard of output from most large news outlets. Could you cite some examples? Sorry, it was my mistake. Before I saw the archive link, I had found a reposting on some sketchy website and got the tabs confused. That version is basically plagiarized but makes some weird word substitutions. WSJ: > For more than a y…
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They need to be non traceable. If I'm doing something underhanded with pricing information I want to detect Google and other such bots and give them different information.
You really think it's wise to lie to your customers?
They're saying if they were to lie to their customers, they'd want to make sure they're deceiving Google. In that case, having an easy way to detect that it's Google would make that trivial.
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> This bot is simply trying to get the final price (with tax and shipping) which is ridiculous because e-commerce storefronts should do that in the first place without going through the whole checkout process. It's usually not possible because you don't know how much the shipping + taxes are until the customer enters the billing information.
I just used a website that had a simple form at the bottom of the cart. It had one text input for the postal code, and a button to get the rates to that postal code based on what was in my cart. IMHO, this is how it's done right, since all you need to know is general location and weight.