All entries for Thursday 10 November 2005

A new way to waste time.

Writing about WTF Part II from El Meu Blog

Since Amazon are obviously desperate to boost their revenue by now inserting 'sponsored links' in their product descriptions this gives perfect oportunity for a new game.
Who can find the most inappropriate advert for a product. Since they seem to work by just looking at words in the artist/titles on CD's it shouldn't be too hard to guess at some possible good results. Unfortunately unlike google wacking the results are not repeatable but
As a starter I just got this one.

Threesome [Mexican Standoff/Don't Ask Don't Tell/Got No Strings] [Box set] [Limited Edition] [Import]
Michelle Shocked

gave me

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I have no idea how they could think that that is a suitable reccomendation, as far as I am aware Michelle shocked is not a gay icon, unless 'mexican standoff' is a euphemism for some strange sexual practice.

Lee Davis : 10 Nov 2005 10:09 |  Tags: Amazon Recommends |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem