tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post114520797390831136..comments2024-01-15T13:17:33.771-08:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: What will become of A9?Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1159997641232476162006-10-04T14:34:00.000-07:002006-10-04T14:34:00.000-07:00Well it is official A9.com is Dead to me.The only ...Well it is official A9.com is Dead to me.<BR/><BR/>The only good thing about A9.com search was the yellow pages. And I don't mean the photographs of local businesses (but that was useful sometimes). It was by far the best yellow page source on the net. But it is gone now and so am I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1145386712839824582006-04-18T11:58:00.000-07:002006-04-18T11:58:00.000-07:00A9 is just sucking away money and for what? It sho...A9 is just sucking away money and for what? It should be shelved. Regarding the first anon comment, I think taking such risks are needed. I mean, had Amazon.com not tried the Used Books sale, would that have blossomed? I'm not certain what sort of revenue they bring off of that, but I imagine it's a pretty penny with very high profit margins since there are no costs except software/minimal customer service from Amazon.com's side. (No warehousing, no shipping, no handling returns, etc.)<BR/><BR/>Also, while certain stores may not be profitable, part of what makes Amazon tick is that it's the WalMart of online - you can get anything there, so it's a great first destination for many.<BR/><BR/>However, I agree with Greg's commentary - there are a lot of abandoned Amazon side projects. And that's OK. Better to jettison a failed project then let it hang on and suck up time/$$$. Let A9 go the way of the dodo...Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13677230656262306715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1145339455419238662006-04-17T22:50:00.000-07:002006-04-17T22:50:00.000-07:00Amazon knows the location and interests of many of...Amazon knows the location and interests of many of its visitors - it should be doing shopping metasearch and classifieds metasearch with A9. Why let Google Base and Vast have all the fun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1145317118846024432006-04-17T16:38:00.000-07:002006-04-17T16:38:00.000-07:00amazon's quickly becoming microsoft, in that one o...amazon's quickly becoming microsoft, in that one or two core businesses generates 99% of the profits and everything else loses money. In MSFT's case that's office making money, and everything else (including MSN, XBOX, etc.) losing money. In amazon's case it appears to be selling books, music & video with some merchant services thrown in on the side.<BR/><BR/>Losses and mis-steps are to be expected from some R&D, but if amazon follows microsoft's path they'll basically end up no better offer 10 years from now than if they jettisoned everything like A9 now and just stuck to selling stuff online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com