Amazon getting spammy

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by andre75, Nov 13, 2006.

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    Who remembers that Thread by Nintendo that kept going forever about that spammer who virtually grabbed every keyword from Google.

    Well guess what. Today I innocently did a search for something related to my work and one of the first links on that page:
    [no-url]http://www.amazon.com/phrase/Keyword1-Keyword2_Keyword3-Keyword4[/no-url]

    WTF? The page reveals:
    Books containing the phrase Keyword1 Keyword2 Keyword3 Keyword4:
    And then a list of books, none of which have the exact title.

    EDIT: Here is their explaination:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/phrase/help/help.html/ref=sib_pdp_hlp/104-2059007-7287914

    Looks like Amazon is learning from the spammers these days. My bet is they won't get banned.
     
    andre75, Nov 13, 2006 IP