Amazon’s A9
Internet, Links 04/15/2004 |Interesting: Amazon just launched A9, a Google-based search engine, choosing to break the news via John Batelle’s blog.
A9, Amazon’s much discussed skunk works search project goes live today, so I can finally write about it. I saw it last month (caveat: unbeknownst to me until recently, Amazon targeted me as their conduit to break this news - I think they wanted it to move from the blogosphere out, as opposed the WSJ in) and had to keep the damn thing to myself, it was hard, and here’s why: On first blush it’s a very, very good service, and an intriguing move by Amazon. It raises a clear question: How will Google - and more broadly, the entire search-driven world - react?
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Ryan Waddell
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April 16th, 2004 at 7:30 am
How will Google react? According to what I just read, the web search results are provided by Google which means they are getting paid for the results. I think they may eventually add some of these features to their own search engine but it’s not like they are in direct competition with a9. They are suppliers for a9.