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Bill Dufour
02-01-2023, 10:45 PM
i guess Amazon has improved their search engine again so it is not possible to eliminate results. I am looking for 11/64 steel rod. I put in _-brass and many results are brass. I put it -stainless steel and most are stainless steel. I put "11/64" in quotes and I get lots of other sizes?
A bad as home despot and lost search engines where the more elimiters I put in the more numerous the results. I have pretty much given up using their search engines at all.
I think they are using reverse logic to increase exposure and hope I buy something else, anything else. Like I do not really care what I buy.
Bill D.
Michael Schuch
02-02-2023, 1:39 AM
Amazon search engine ! It only shows you the product they are trying to push and not what you want.

Go to a Google search bar and type "Amazon: {product you are looking for}". I usually get MUCH better results this way than using Amazon's search.
Bill Dufour
02-02-2023, 11:21 AM
Good to know it is not just me.
I bet their staff and stockholder meetings are terrible and do not stay on topic at all. Do their press releases wander all over the topic and have nothing to do with their title? If not, why not?
Bill D
Mike Henderson
02-02-2023, 2:20 PM
Amazon search engine ! It only shows you the product they are trying to push and not what you want.

Go to a Google search bar and type "Amazon: {product you are looking for}". I usually get MUCH better results this way than using Amazon's search.

That's a great suggestion. I've also been frustrated by Amazon's non-responsive searches.

Mike
Kev Williams
02-02-2023, 2:24 PM
I've found that if I just google something I get more usable results to check out--If it's on Amazon, then okay...

ALSO, I've found that searching for things on eBay can at least narrow down where to look if it's NOT on eBay...
Ken Combs
02-04-2023, 1:55 PM
Amazon search engine ! It only shows you the product they are trying to push and not what you want.

Go to a Google search bar and type "Amazon: {product you are looking for}". I usually get MUCH better results this way than using Amazon's search.

I use that method on a lot of sites whose search engines aren't as good a Google, like all.