[FoRK] Amazon recommender system

[Luis Villa]

My favorite recent Amazon recommendation:

"Dear Amazon.com Customer,

As someone who has purchased or rated books by Jon Stewart, you might
like to know that "Kierkegaard and the Patristic and Medieval
Tradition (Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources)"
will be released on April 15, 2008. You can pre-order yours by
following the link below."

Apparently the system isn't bright enough to figure out that Jon
Stewart (Daily Show) and Jon Stewart (Kierkegaard scholar) are
different people.

Oops.

Luis

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, venki iyer <venki at computer.org> wrote:
> Any comments/conclusions anyone would like to share on relevance, matching
>  algorithm, or consumer characteristics?
>
>  Dear Amazon.com Customer,
>
>  We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated books by Gordon S.
>  Linoff have also purchased *Vinegars of the World* by Paolo Giudici. For
>  this reason, you might like to know that *Vinegars of the World* will be
>  released on May 1, 2008.  You can pre-order yours by following the link
>  below.
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