A lengthy but very informative article on Amazon and algorithms here on Christoph Fischer’s blog. There is a link at the end to a second article, continuing this topic. Slow reading, but VERY useful and worth the time! Thanks, Christoph!
Reblog: Mythbusting The Amazon Algorithm – Reviews and Ranking For Authors
Posted by: Cate Baum April 30, 2016 in Features
How to get the best out of your reviews and sales to rank high on Amazon without the myths from former search expert and COO of SPR, Cate Baum.
Despite many educated guesses that seem to have passed into urban legend in self-publishing communities online, there are no secrets to the Amazon ranking system.
I have spent the last few months tracking down programmers, algorithm experts, and reading technical documentation about Amazon’s algorithm, and the documentation that is provided online by Amazon at Amazon Seller Central and KDP. What I didn’t do was talk to any authors or bloggers, because that seems to be where the myths are coming from.
My first takehome fact for authors is that Amazon’s ranking is not a great mystery that authors must slave over…
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Incredibly useful information! Thanks for sharing!
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Complicated, but well worth reading carefully. I’ll never understand it all, so I’m glad to have both posts as a future reference. Like you, I think it’s going to be useful. Thanks for taking the time to comment! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing. I’m saving this for when I have time to read and study it. Definitely information I can use!
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I scanned it fairly quickly, but closely enough to know there are some very helpful bits of info in both posts. Hope you find it useful, too.
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Thanks, Marcia. I always “listen up” when Christoph speaks.
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Probably a real good idea, Linda! I’ve garnered some pretty good stuff from his posts and shares, too. This one is truly an eye-opener. Thanks for sharing.
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Pretty interesting stuff Marsh. I read this before and part 2. Awesome that some are figuring out the Wizard. 🙂 ❤
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Bookmarked for future reference, especially the part on categories and keywords.
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Thanks for sharing 🙂 It’s so useful.. Bookmarking for future reference too.
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Very glad you found it helpful. I learned a few new things from it, myself. Happy New Year!
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