Amazon Fail

[daemonluna]

I am Unimpressed.

You've all seen Amazon Rank a zillion times today, right? (And a more extensive list of affected books here.)

And the petition?

And the google-bombing?

The utter randomness of some of the titles make me wonder if part of the colossal fail is due to a search algorithm gone wrong. (ETA: ie, something like this.) But don't get me wrong--the underlying philosophy still makes me furious.

Comments

[alessar.livejournal.com]

90% Off-topic, are you familiar with Gwenda Bond? I've recently started reading her blog: http://gwendabond.typepad.com/bondgirl/2009/04/a-golden-age.html

10% on-topic, she also commented onthis hullaballoo.