[Coco] Another Radio Shack Article

[Greg Law]

Amazon's search engine does leave a lot to be desired. It's often easier, 
faster, and more accurate to use Google to search Amazon. In Google's search 
box, enter the search phrase followed by site:amazon.com to restrict the 
search results to Amazon. I often find stuff on Amazon through Google that 
never shows up in Amazon's own searches even when I search by the exact 
product name.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mark J. Blair
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 2:07 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Another Radio Shack Article

Amazon comes close enough to that instant gratification with their new 
warehousing and shipping techniques, but their web site's search engine 
sucks pretty hard. There's not even an AND operator or "find ALL of these 
words" function, so it can be very hard to find something specific among 
mountains of irrelevant crap. I think that Radio Shack could carve out a 
niche and compete against the likes of Amazon if they provided a better 
online experience. There are relatively few really top-notch tailored search 
engines out there. Digi-Key comes to mind for electronic components, and 
McMaster-Carr for industrial supplies and hardware. There have been a number 
of times that I would have bought something from Amazon, but I ended up 
going elsewhere (and probably paying more) because finding what I wanted on 
the Amazon site was too frustrating.