amazonfail - the homophobic glitch? really?
To recap the glorious adventure of this weekend: many, many books and novels, both fiction and not, were delisted and in some cases moved from a top level search on amazon under the idea that anything GLBT is also to be considered adult, along with a sampling of general erotica.
[But not Playboy! Yes, we can still get thirty years of centerfolds for our kids! Thank God.]
Amazon Possibly Using Category Metadata to Filter Rankings at Dear Author has an explanation--with spreadsheets!--on what metadata is and how it might have been used during this "glitch".
And right. Amazon Rank in a continued quest for internetz justice via the googlebomb.
[But not Playboy! Yes, we can still get thirty years of centerfolds for our kids! Thank God.]
Amazon Possibly Using Category Metadata to Filter Rankings at Dear Author has an explanation--with spreadsheets!--on what metadata is and how it might have been used during this "glitch".
And right. Amazon Rank in a continued quest for internetz justice via the googlebomb.