Explain A9

From Amazon.

[fischermx]

When I knew Amazon was releasing their own search engine, called A9, I thought it would be just a remarketed Alexa.

But I've noticed the A9 results are 100% identical to Google for most queries.

Does anybody have a wider explanation on what/how A9 get their results from?

[CSE_Monkey]

A9 does in fact use a subset of Google's index (80-90%) per Google's policy for syndicates. A9's focus is and has been on different UI implementations.

[fischermx]

Thanks for your comment!

a subset of Google's index (80-90%) per Google's policy for syndicates.

What exactly you mean here? Are you talking about the API?

[decaff]

A9 does indeed pull in Google sets...but what makes this engine so interesting as a technology is the "contextual" algo working in the background to bring in a wide range of set from many different sources that Amazon has compiled...this would be Amazon's push into the SE marketplace and deploying their contextual technology....

This will certainly be important if they role this out into vertical marketplace deployment (B2B)...

[decaff]

Additionally...Amazon is currently searching for a "CEO" level person to run their "Search" department initiatives:

• Thorough knowledge of ALGORITHMS AND DATA MINING
–or-
Strong interest in personalization techniques such as CLUSTER ANALYSIS

[incrediBILL]

I know someone that works at A9, he left something profitable to head over there, I have NO CLUE why he did that. What little they are doing heavily relies on Google and the big G could duplicate and bury them in a New York minute if it proved anyone found A9 useful.

The are definitely significantly statistically insignificant in referrals to my site.

[PatrickDeese]

> The are definitely significantly statistically insignificant in referrals to my site.

Statistically insignificant, yet at least double what AJ sends me through natural search.

[incrediBILL]

I get a bunch thru AJ, I got their ""Silver Platter Site Award" back in the days when they still did that and I've stayed on the top of my keyword ever since.

Ty Jeeves :)

[quadcity]

>>The are definitely significantly statistically
>>insignificant in referrals to my site.
>Statistically insignificant, yet at least
>double what AJ sends me through natural search.
That's my experience as well, FWIW.