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Show HN: Juicy Product Comparison w/ Gaming Algorithm on Amazon

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Re: Show HN: Juicy Product Comparison w/ Gaming Algorithm on Amazon

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Post by humming »

To Do: (1) Search for any product to buy online, select a few products to compare, and go through comparison game. (2) Share the comparison to Discover on A2Omini, UpVote or DownVote other comparisons. (3) Take the Taste Test quiz. (4) Like a Buying Guide on Home Goods or Sporting Goods. (5) Automatically tracks your Search and Comparison histories. (6) Sign Up!!

Re: Show HN: Juicy Product Comparison w/ Gaming Algorithm on Amazon

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Post by SeanMGonzalez »

Good search capability.

Once the initial search is done, I didn't realize I should select multiple products and click "compare". Once I saw this, I wanted to sort the products by reviews, features, something.

Once in feature rating mode, the picture was tiny and there was no description, so I wasn't sure what product I was rating the feature of.

After rating the feature and in comparison mode, again I'm not sure which product is which, so hard to make judgements. After making a series of judgements, I noticed that I often had to scroll down because of the large white space at the top of the page.

As I progressed and continued to judge features, I had no idea where I was in the process, or many more questions might be necessary before confidence in a selection was clear. Once everything was completed, it's clear which one you recommend based on my judgements, but I don't know why or which feature judgements had the most effect.

Finally, when I went to share my results and sign up on facebook so I could be a super A2O contributor, it kicked me back to the original A2O main page and it did not save the comparison I'd just done.

Good luck!

Re: Show HN: Juicy Product Comparison w/ Gaming Algorithm on Amazon

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Post by humming »

SeanMGonzalez wrote: post #7

Good search capability. Once the initial search is done, I didn't realize I should select multiple products and click "compare". Once I saw this, I wanted to sort the products by reviews, features, something. Once in feature rating mode, the picture was tiny and there was no description, so I wasn't sure what product I was rating the feature of. After rating the feature and in comparison mode, again I'm not sure whic…

Thanks! I'll make the instructions better to select multiple products, make better use of white space, and indicate which product is being compared. I'll also make it so that you can go back to the comparison once you log in. There is a progress bar while you are comparing the products that indicates how many more comparisons to go through. Each comparison is considered one match and is weighted the same to give an overall score for each product.

Thanks for the feedback, it's helpful to understand what should be improved overall to have a better method to match products to user preferences.

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