Amazon creates new search engine A9

[seeker]

http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,697177,00.html?cnn=yes

what do you all think?

 

[guiwang]

Some one is selling A9.cn in China.I think there is a TM issuse with A9.cn.

 

[seeker]

a9.com is the domain.
how can there be an issue with .cn?

I like the 'customizable' stuff on it.
saving searches etc...

 

[lukeeales]

Yeah, I saw this a few months back. I like how the search pages are dynamic and you can pull those bars around to show the kind of information you want to see.

 

[MediaHound]

Here you guys go:

26 domains found on 207.171.163.39
Showing all 26.

www.A-nine.net
www.A9-search.com
www.A9-search.net
www.A9.com
www.A9.net
www.A9.org
www.A9com.com
www.A9search.biz
www.A9search.com
www.A9search.info
www.A9search.net
www.A9toolbar.com
www.A9toolbar.net
www.A9toolbar.org
www.Anine.biz
www.Anine.com
www.Anine.info
www.Eh-9.com
www.Eh-nine.com
www.Ehnine.com
www.Search-a9.com
www.Search-a9.net
www.Searcha9.com
www.Searcha9.net
www.Wwa9.com
www.Wwwanine.com

 

[seeker]

they really covered it this time.
They are learning that we domaineers are out there!

 

[MediaHound]

They missed some...
...some for the birds

 

[cwsteam.com]

nice domains u have...!

 

[cyphix]

Heh.. that sounds pretty neat!

 

[Leading Names]

http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,697177,00.html?cnn=yes

what do you all think?

Nice to see a two char name used for such a high profile site.

Some one is selling A9.cn in China.I think there is a TM issuse with A9.cn.

My understanding is that two char / letter domains cannot be trademarked so selling a9.cn should be ok.

They missed some...
...some for the birds

What about FMA’s Ai.com Search, great typo for A9.com. I wonder if this was intentional? I bet it was.

- Rob

 

[Keith]

I have checked A9.com out.

I was freaked out because on top it said "Welcome Keith Kacin". I wondered how it knew who I was, since I didn't have an account there. But then I realized I was logged into Amazon the day before, so it uses that information.

And today I sign into Amazon and it tells me that since I am using A9.com, I automatically get a discount on my purchases. Not bad.

 

[seeker]

yeah, same here. It freaked me out a little!

 

[RMF]

The results looked a lot like google's results though.

 

[MediaHound]

They are google results.

 

[mike031]

amazon + google = best buds

 

[izopod]

Nice to see a two char name used for such a high profile site.
- Rob

A9.com sounds like a "beta" site. I can't see them branding "A9"
into a search engine when they could just as easily brand "Amazon Search". When they have everything "figured out" it will probably point back to "Amazon.com" (is my guess).

 

[RMF]

yeah I just noticed they mention google on the bottom...

 

[Leading Names]

A9.com sounds like a "beta" site. I can't see them branding "A9"
into a search engine when they could just as easily brand "Amazon Search". When they have everything "figured out" it will probably point back to "Amazon.com" (is my guess).

To be honest I see no reason why they should / will change to AmazonSearch.com, A9.com is a far more brandable than AmazonSearch.com. Who’s going to bother typing AmazonSearch.com? Sure, it will get a few type ins, but if people have to type that many letters in they’ll just go to Google instead. They’ll probably use AmazonSearch.com as a supporting domain, to point back at A9.com.

Obviously the best domain for their SE would be AS.com ‘Amazon Search’ but A9.com is not a bad alternative. While I agree that A9.com will be integrated to a certain degree into Amazon.com I can't see results being displayed there, rather integrated with A9.com. I think, if they intend on taking on the SE giants like Google and Yahoo then ‘Amazon’ and ‘A9’ need to be two, clearly separate and distinct sites.

As far as branding goes, well, not many companies do it better than Amazon – I’m sure branding A9.com will be no problem for them.

Just my 2 UK pennies worth, will be interesting to see what actually happens.

- Rob

 

[GiantDomains]

A9.com sounds like a "beta" site. I can't see them branding "A9"
into a search engine when they could just as easily brand "Amazon Search". When they have everything "figured out" it will probably point back to "Amazon.com" (is my guess).

I disagree. A9 is two characters, so easy to type ... amazonsearch is so long. Yeah, a9 doesn't mean anything, but amazon has the money to brand it and burn it into eveyone's brains. Just look at google!

 

[Steen]

What about FMA’s Ai.com Search, great typo for A9.com. I wonder if this was intentional? I bet it was.

- Rob

I would doubt that Elequa bought ai.com for a9.com's typos.