A lot has been written about the odd things you can buy online, and this particular listing’s been radiating around the blogosphere for the past couple of months. Available through Amazon "used and new" for just $22.95: uranium.
Amazon Launches Q&A Site Askville
There are so very many services that look alike, and whenever a new one comes along, you have to wonder why anyone would bother using it. In reference to Askville, Amazon has a neat answer: bribes.
Amazon Trumps Wal-Mart On Cyber Monday
Though Wal-Mart dominates the global brick and mortar retail scene, even it had to watch Amazon surpass it in online traffic.
Amazon Affiliates Burned at the Stake
Whilst the blogosphere has been ranting or raving about Amazon’s new Kindle Ebook reader, I have been sleeping on the idea.
Amazon Reader Opinions
Seth Godin: “You won’t find me on Amazon’s new book reader.”
Rex Hammock: “I’d rather have an iPod Touchbook.”
Mathew Ingram: WTF?
Jeremy Toeman: It will fail.
Amazon Adds Customer Video Reviews
Amazon.com has launched "Customer Video Reviews" which allows customers to use video to express and share their opinions about products sold on the retailers Web site.
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Service
Josh Wexelbaum over at ScrappyBusiness Idea Blog mentioned this new service in a recent post “Amazon Mechanical Turk for Fun and Profit” and Internet Marketers can rejoice as some of their outsourcing woes are answered.
Besides your finances, the other major constraint for any Internet marketer is time – there’re only 24 hours in a day.
Bezos’ First Words On Amazon MP3 Store
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos finally commented publically about the retailer’s new MP3 store during an earnings call yesterday.
Amazon 1-Click Patent Zeroed Out
The long-running battle between Amazon.com and a New Zealand movie technician over Amazon’s 1-Click patent not only turned out poorly for Amazon, but a twist at the end mentioned why a prominent figure in the tech industry may have decided to back off from fighting this battle.
Refer People to Amazon MP3s, Earn Money
Amazon recently launched their copyright-restriction-free MP3 download service AmazonMP3.com (with around 2 million songs, but available to US customers only).