Amazon changed search algorithm in ways that boost its own products
Amazon.com has adjusted its product-search system to more prominently feature listings that are more profitable for the company, said people who worked on the project-a move, contested internally, that could favor Amazon's own brands. Late last year, these people said, Amazon optimized the secret algorithm that ranks listings so that instead of showing customers mainly the most-relevant and best-selling listings when they search-as it had for more than a decade-the site also gives a boost to items that are more profitable for the company. Might I also point out that Amazon is cutting the healthcare benefits of Whole Foods temporary workers while Jeff Bezos earns about 1300 dollar per second? Ethics aren't exactly high on tech companies' agendas.