[AccessD] OT: Amazon book searches

...use bing instead of Google ...this is exactly why I love bing :)

William

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From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:31 AM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Amazon book searches

> Dan,
>
> > In the keywords field enter C#, then push the orange search button.
> >
> > You'll get a page full of all C# books!
>
> You do indeed.
>
> LOL... look at the number of hits.  Do you REALLY believe that there are 
> 14,220 books on C#?
>
> Now instead of "sort by" relevance select "Sort By" Avg Customer Review.
>
> Are you interested in "taking charge of your fertility"?  ;)  Well, 
> perhaps but that is another subject.
>
> How about cosmos by Carl Sagan?  As an amateur astronomer I am indeed 
> interested, but not when I am
> searching for C# books.
>
> Billboard of the top 40 hits anyone?  I for one am not remotely 
> interested.
>
> What in the heck does any of that have to do with C#?  The answer appears 
> to be that the search
> engine strips off the # and returns anything with... C anywhere in the 
> name or description.  Wow,
> how useful is THAT?
>
> So yea, if you don't care about what other people think about the books, 
> then you can indeed get
> hundreds (thousands?) of hits on C#.  OTOH if you immediately attempt to 
> see only the "best" books,
> then that search is not so helpful.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Dan Waters wrote:
>> John - try this:
>>
>> Under Search or Category, select Books.
>> Then select Advanced Search (directly under 'Search').
>> In the keywords field enter C#, then push the orange search button.
>>
>> You'll get a page full of all C# books!
>>
>> Are you buying a Christmas present for someone?
>>
>>
>> Good Luck,
>> Dan
>
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