Amazon Enters Search Battle
Posted on September 17, 2004
Amazon has entered the search engine wars with its own entry called A9. A9 uses tabs and columns to allow people to search for websites, images and books. A9 users can also create bookmarks and diary entries. The A9 search engine also includes website information like traffic and contact information that it pulls in from Amazon.com's Alexa service. Amazon.com has a big hurdle to climb to compete with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. However, Amazon.com might be able to get more search traffic by finding away to hook A9 into its affiliate program -- which has hundreds of thousands of members.
CNET reports that A9 first launched in a test form in April. Jupiter Research analyst Gary Stein told CNET, "It's hard to tell if it's a quiet player who's about to pounce or a silent partner of Amazon."
Amazon has to spend most of its resources on building its giant shopping site. It already has plenty of competition on that front - including every major retailer - so it will be difficult for it to also simultaneously battle the current search leaders if that is what it is planning.
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