http://www.metafilter.com/tags/a9 Posts tagged with 'a9' at MetaFilter. Tue, 16 May 2006 20:25:12 -0800 Tue, 16 May 2006 20:25:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/51657/Find%2Dyour%2Dbearings <a href="http://maps.a9.com">A9 Maps</a> now combines Amazon's BlockView images in another ajax map interface (with the maps by Mapquest, interestingly). Amazon has been driving around major cities taking photos of each block and now as you browse the map, street-level images come up alongside. The interface isn't quite intuitive, but it is nice to see the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/41084#900851">idea</a> coming together. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51657 Tue, 16 May 2006 20:25:12 -0800 a9 ajax amazon blockview map maps pithy comment http://www.metafilter.com/51606/A9%2Dgoes%2Dsoft <a href="http://www.a9.com/">A9 gets MS?</a> Amazon's search tool / portal, formerly powered by Google, is now using Microsoft's <a href="http://www.live.com/">Windows Live</a> search service. I first noticed when my image results went missing (which sucks, but I still use it for the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fxs%2Fsharethepi.html&ei=03hnRO7pGLH2aKmY9coJ&sig2=hqD1Ahy2SXbeV8OejCyNqg">incentive program</a>). Does this mean MS is shifting out of the half-assery phase of its search strategy? What happens when its <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/adcenter/">adCenter</a> keyword program opens up? [<a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3355">commentary</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51606 Sun, 14 May 2006 11:42:04 -0800 a9 amazon google microsoft search windowslive grobstein http://www.metafilter.com/32464/Amazons%2DA9%2DLaunches <a href="http://www.a9.com/">Amazon's A9 Launches</a> - Amazon.com's Entry into the Search Engine World launches today (in Beta). [via BoingBoing] tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32464 Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:57:42 -0800 a9 amazon search kokogiak