Once you realize you are the product on Amazon's search page it makes a lot more sense. Over half the listings are paying amazon for higher placement into that search. It's long since stopped being a search experience that works for the shopper.

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dale_glass a day ago | parent [-]

No, that makes no sense. Sure, my data is valuable for advertisers, but:

The washing machine advertiser doesn't want to to spend money to show me an ad for something I'm not going to buy, and even Amazon doesn't benefit because they get something out of each purchase, so they should want to show me stuff I want to buy too.

There's just nobody that benefits from bad ad selection.

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seki285 a day ago | parent [-]

...except Amazon :)

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janalsncm a day ago | parent [-]

Please explain how Amazon benefits from bad ad selection to an equal or greater extent than good ad selection.

	▲	seki285 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They don't need to compete because they have a monopoly, so offering a worse service keeps the advertiser spending more money.
	▲	malfist a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You do another search, and they get more revenue