Sunday, November 6, 2005

The connection? Well, they both played well in France . . .

Amazon.com's success has built in large part upon their adaptive, personalized recommendation system. And it's good--gotta give 'em that--but even a good system can have its . . . uhm . . . kinks:
Dear Amazon.com Customer,

We've noticed that customers who have purchased My Life by Bill Clinton also purchased books by Jerry Lewis. For this reason, you might like to know that Jerry Lewis's Dean and Me : A Love Story will be released on October 25, 2005. You can pre-order your copy at a savings of 34% by following the link below.
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The Bill Clinton-Jerry Lewis Connection: Opportunity or Challenge for 2006?

Discuss.

(Thanks to Michael for sharing his email.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nothing to say except, "Ha!"

No, wait. Are you sure that the Adaptive Technology is really off- base here? Maybe it's become far more advanced than we know. What if they've tapped into a latent love from this cusotmer of Jerry Lewis? A desire so deep and repressed that even he himself doesn't know about it? I say let's ask this fellow a few Jerry Lewis related questions before we make any snap judgments.

Oaktown Girl