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When searching on Amazon I always change sort to Best Sellers. The default is Featured Items which shows ads at the top and throughout results. For some searche

by 83457 1mo ago

When searching on Amazon I always change sort to Best Sellers. The default is Featured Items which shows ads at the top and throughout results. For some searches that have a small number of real results, the majority of the list will be ads. Sorting by Best Sellers eliminates all ads in the results.

stickfigure 1mo ago
OH MY GOD this completely fixes the problem. All the ad noise is gone. This needs to be pinned as the top comment. Thank you!
aftergibson 1mo ago
Results do seem better.. What in this instance, does "Best Sellers" mean?
- 0x262d 1mo ago
  One would hope it means it sorts by sales volume.
  - olyjohn 29d ago
    Best for you, or best for Amazon is the question.
awakeasleep 1mo ago
of course, the best seller is usually whoever has spent the most on advertising
- computerdork 29d ago
  Mostly agree with this. Because what the article is saying is that it at least skews the best sellers towards those who spend more on ads.
JKCalhoun 1mo ago
"Featured", ha ha. Should rename to "Paid For by Ads".
j9feng 1mo ago
And you can buy a position on the best seller list for your product.
- nathancahill 29d ago
  Indeed, but it's more expensive so that weeds out some of the riffraff.
mynameajeff 1mo ago
Since most things I buy from amazon are commodity type items I need quickly and cheaply, my method has been "Prime Only" + "Sort Lowest First". Add on a score minimum filter if the first results are junk. If you're just looking for something that's all whitelabeled stuff all coming from the same alibaba source, you can just find who's selling the same thing at the cheapest price currently. The prime only label is needed to filter out the stuff with extreme shipping pricing and times selling for $1. Would be much nicer if they could just properly sort everything with shipping included like ebay but whatever. The results have long been flooded with brands with names like XEZAXFE all selling the exact same thing so it's the fastest and easiest way to find what I'm looking for if it's not brand name (which I wouldn't trust amazon to send me a non-bootleg version of otherwise if I want brand name).
- mint5 29d ago
  Why do you assume they are all the exact same and not that some are using even cheaper ingredients/components? There’s really no knowing what contaminating or failed spec made that batch super cheap. It’s a race to the bottom, corners will be cut.
weberer 1mo ago
You can also just use an adblocker. uBlock Origin automatically blocks sponsored items out so you don't have to waste brainpower to avoid them.

by 83457 1mo ago

stickfigure 1mo ago

OH MY GOD this completely fixes the problem. All the ad noise is gone. This needs to be pinned as the top comment. Thank you!

aftergibson 1mo ago

Results do seem better.. What in this instance, does "Best Sellers" mean?

0x262d 1mo ago
One would hope it means it sorts by sales volume.
- olyjohn 29d ago
  Best for you, or best for Amazon is the question.

awakeasleep 1mo ago

of course, the best seller is usually whoever has spent the most on advertising

computerdork 29d ago
Mostly agree with this. Because what the article is saying is that it at least skews the best sellers towards those who spend more on ads.

JKCalhoun 1mo ago

"Featured", ha ha. Should rename to "Paid For by Ads".

j9feng 1mo ago

And you can buy a position on the best seller list for your product.

nathancahill 29d ago
Indeed, but it's more expensive so that weeds out some of the riffraff.

mynameajeff 1mo ago

Since most things I buy from amazon are commodity type items I need quickly and cheaply, my method has been "Prime Only" + "Sort Lowest First". Add on a score minimum filter if the first results are junk. If you're just looking for something that's all whitelabeled stuff all coming from the same alibaba source, you can just find who's selling the same thing at the cheapest price currently. The prime only label is needed to filter out the stuff with extreme shipping pricing and times selling for $1. Would be much nicer if they could just properly sort everything with shipping included like ebay but whatever. The results have long been flooded with brands with names like XEZAXFE all selling the exact same thing so it's the fastest and easiest way to find what I'm looking for if it's not brand name (which I wouldn't trust amazon to send me a non-bootleg version of otherwise if I want brand name).

mint5 29d ago
Why do you assume they are all the exact same and not that some are using even cheaper ingredients/components? There’s really no knowing what contaminating or failed spec made that batch super cheap. It’s a race to the bottom, corners will be cut.

weberer 1mo ago

You can also just use an adblocker. uBlock Origin automatically blocks sponsored items out so you don't have to waste brainpower to avoid them.