Subj : the Parle alternative
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jan 11 2021 08:48 am

 Re: the Parle alternative
 By: Ogg to Arelor on Mon Jan 11 2021 09:18 am

> Google is not the only search engine out there. Independents can
> encourage people to shift to DuckDuckGo, for example.
>
> The Google search engine right now doesn't even find the many
> sources of a particular book when independents use the web/
> shopping services with http://bookmanager.com  (I'd use it if I
> had the $5K start-up price) It's up to the independent seller to
> market their own site.
>
>
>  A> They don't want the book out of Amazon, they want the book
>  A> destroyed.
>
> I believe you.  But then they would have to influence one of the
> biggest distributors out there: https://www.ingramcontent.com
>
> Amazon and Indigo both obtain stock through them. I know. I've
> had packing lists and invoices included in error in *my* orders.

I have been hopping from an alternative search engine to another for years and
I am aware they exist and some are actually good. But getting delisted of the
main one is really bad for a website.

Also I love it when they leave the invoices of their providers in your
packages. Such a rich resource of providers :-P


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