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Amazon Review – Week 1
Amazon does a great job at making finding and buying products effortless. The search bar is highlighted in an eye catching blue that stands out from the stark white of the rest of the page. Upon completing a search, the items are categorized by either price, relevancy, or rating, and the buyer has the choice to narrow their search further by dividing results by department. Once the item is ready to be purchased, Amazon provides specific instructions that point you to the correct checkout, ensuring customer satisfaction. The design of the site, though it seems simple, is obviously the product of a lot of programming and thought, as a few clicks of the mouse does so many different tasks. Compared to other online marketplaces, Amazon is easy to use even if it is the customer’s first experience using the site.
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Bi-weekly review, week 1
One of the most popular websites makes it simple for customers to purchase merchandise. I logged on to Amazon.com to purchase a textbook. Amazon has the key features, such as navigation, search bar, deals, etc., in the appropriate places. The navigation is located on the left hand side; the search bar is centered and at the top of the page; deals are the largest in size. All elements are used to draw in the consumer to make a purchase.
Since I have been a frequent customer the process of finding a product was made easier by scrolling down the page and there are suggested related items. Therefore I just had to click on item, choose a size and click the ‘add to cart’ button. I have to confirm the order and confirm my user information. The process is hassle free since they have saved the information, even down to the shipping address. Because the process is effortless, it is much easier to continue shopping. The cheap prices bring in the customer, but the simplistic checkout keeps the customer coming back.
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Amazon Website Review
I use the Amazon website very frequently to buy my textbooks and rent ebooks for my Kindle. Searching for specific products is as simple as using google. There is a drop down menu that lets you choose what category or item you are looking for. For example there is movies, books, clothes, beauty, etc. You select the category you want then type the specific item you are looking for in the search bar. Once you find the item you are looking for, you proceed to checkout. Here is where the process can become confusing to some people.
Say you want to buy a movie from Amazon. You select the movie category and search the movie you want. When the search list comes up there are many different options you can choose from to buy this movie. You can rent the movie and download it onto your computer or kindle, buy it for your computer or kindle, buy the actual DVD, buy the movie for Blu-Ray, etc. If you choose to buy the actual DVD/Blu-Ray, then you must decide if you want to buy it new or used. Sometimes there are just to many options to pick from and people get frustrated.
Amazon has many memberships that you can sign up for. There is a student membership, a prime membership and many others. If you are signed up for one of these then you have more options to choose from when you are purchasing an item. If you are a member then you must choose an item that coincides with the specific membership you belong to.
For a new user to Amazon, this site can be very overwhelming. Once you purchase a few items from this site and set up an account it becomes easier to navigate your way around it and easier to select the right purchase for yourself.
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Amazon.com is a fairly simple layout website when it comes to shopping and locating things on the site. When you first access the site the hot items are on the middle of the screen fairly bigger than the other normal items. Also they have a golden box that catches your eye for the deals of the day. When adding items to the shopping cart it is just a click of the button and its there in the order you placed the items in the cart. A few complaints to the site are, when you first search movies they are all instant streams or downloads, not the actual DVDs so you have to go click the button that says DVD. Also when searching the full department the categories are all scattered around not even alphabetical order and if you are in a hurry you wont be able to get there in time unless you are familiar with the page. This site it rather easily navigated through with little troubles along the way.
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Apple.com Review ~ John Marshall
| The apple website is fairly intuitive for shopping. You can find the store at the top of the apple.com homepage. The main products apple promotes are listed in the center, and everything else is categorized on the left side of the page. Also, the various discount stores such as educational and military can be found there as well. I found that finding a product and putting in the shopping cart required little to no thought. Also, checking out was equally simplistic.My only complaint would be the order the products were laid out under each category page. The order of the products seemed too random and took too much time to find the one I was looking for. Yes, apple offers a search bar, a narrow option on the side bar, and also a ‘sort by’ bar, but I think that it could be simpler to find the product by automatically organizing them based on either price, popularity, or type. For example, I was looking for a car charger for a Macbook, and I had to access the accessories page, which was mixed with all different types of accessories for various Mac items.
As a result, it took me much longer to find my items than it needed to be. Instead, by automatically categorizing the search, it would make it much easier for the average web user to find what they were looking for, even if they do not know exactly what they want. Other than that however, it is a very simple to navigate online store that requires little to no thought, and I would recommend it for web designers to look at in terms of layout and navigation. -Written By John Marshall http://mediaweb.rmu.edu/~jdmst33/ |
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Amazon Shopping Review by Elliott Burns
Elliott Burns
Large Commerce Site
1/16/12
For my large commerce site I picked Amazon.com because I have never tried shopping online and that is one of few shopping websites that I know of. It was very easy to get to because it is so well known I just put in amazon.com and it took me directly to the site. I checked and it is the third option that comes up on google.com if you type in “shopping”.
Once I was on the website I decided that I wanted an Omega watch because I thought that it would be a brand that is to expensive for a watch and not have an online market. I was wrong though amazon gave me thirty choices for Omega watches. I didn’t have to make any clicks either it took me straight to the results.
Deciding on which watch to put in my cart was also made easier by the comparative pricing that showed the cost of the watch from different sites, manufacturer, as well as an actual jewelry store. There was even an option to buy used something that I thought only Tourneau did on a large scale.
When I finally made a decision all I had to do was click add to cart. Once it was in my cart I clicked proceed to checkout. It asked for a me to sign up as a member which I didn’t because I wasn’t actually going to buy it but I don’t believe it would have been complicated.
Overall the only thinking I actually had to do while using amazon was deciding which watch was the one I wanted. Everything else was mindlessly easy.
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BH Photo
Bh Photo video is a very unique site because they offer just about every thing you can imagine for the given electronic device. There main specialty is cameras and video equipment, here they offer anything from top of the line camera lens costing thousands of dollars, to off brand lens caps for a couple bucks. BH has so many products it makes searching for a given product a little tricky. For example, you need to search by the type of product it is and the company that you would like to buy. Then you can organize the products by price and even technical specs as well. For a site like BH photo that covers thousands of products makes it easy to find what you need, if you know what you are looking for. knowing the name of the item of category that it would fall into would be a big help in looking for anything on BH photo
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Amazon: Shopping for Movies
I recently visited the large commercial website Amazon.com. On this website, an individual can find almost any product they want. From books to electronics, movies, cds, the website can safisfy hundreds of commercial consumer needs. In my opinion, the site is very useful for online shopping. Amazon is easy to navigate, narrow down your products, and eventually make the purchase. Today I was shopping for rare, hard to find movies and DVDs. First, I typed in the search bar the title of the film I was in search of, titled Martyrs. Even without narrowing the search to “Movies” the first on the list was the DVD I was looking for. The website even goes as far as to recommend other products that may interest the buyer, further provoking the consumer demand. Shopping online is an interesting process. The website contains a giant database of products to buy and makes the shopping experience virtually painless for the consumer. Simply type in the name of the product you want, and the product appears. If it does not, you can narrow your search with a number of helpful toolbars. The search bar is so sophisticated, you can copy and paste a serial number, or barcode number of your product, and the product will appear in the search. Creators of websites such as Amazon are even smart enough to write a program that recommends similar products to online consumers, increasing sales and time spent on the website. When adding the item to the cart, you are offered different options such as, add to wish list, or add to cart with free two day shipping, and other such offers that persuade a sale. Online shopping is becoming so sophisticated, yet so easy, that in years to come, strip malls will be a thing of the past.
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Amazon by Alexandria Antonacci
Amazon is a very visually appealing website to use. It doesn’t take you longer than a few seconds to find what you are looking for. On Amazon I searched for a Nikon 18-105mm lens for my camera. From the start I know automatically how to find what I am looking for. The search bar is centered at the top of the page in blue. Its the first thing you look at when you open the page, the color alone draws you in from the stark white rest of the layout. I don’t even need to pick which department I want to search in the drop down box if I don’t want to. If I search without picking it automatically looks through each department to find the best answers.
When I searched without picking a department the exact lens that I wanted came up first. On the left hand side it still gives me the option if I wanted to refine my search. If I go back to the homepage I can also look for the lens on the vertical list to the left. I know that my lens would probably be under electronics and camera equipment from there. Since Amazon uses key words instead of unfamiliar names it keeps the users interest and creates minimal frustration.
The usability of this website is easily for users with average to even below average experience with websites. Everything you could possibly want to look for is in its obvious place on the left with the right terminology used. At no point did I dwell on “Why did they call it that” or “Where should I begin”. I simply did not have to think at those points I instinctively knew where to click. When scanning the page I can focus on my task at hand due to Amazons clever use of trigger words.
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Amazon Review
I reviewed the process on how to create an order on amazon.com. I typed an an item I was looking for and it gave me a variety to choose from. I then narrowed my search to something more specific and found what I was looking for. The overall process on the site was quick and easy. The site is really user friendly and is easy to navigate. The homepage really gives you a good look a what the site is about and how to browse to certain products. It is very easy to find what you are looking for. The site has alot going on, but once you play around with it, the site is very easy to understand. All of the information is simple and to the point. I like that once you purchase a product it gives you suggestions on what else may interest you. Most websites do not carry this feature and it just makes the site all the better. Also, before you buy a product they have reviews of the products. These reviews are completed by other people. It is not your ordinary review. These reviews are detailed and really give you great insight on the product you are about to purchase.
Amazon.com is very user friendly and its a great site to find something you are looking of you cant find it anywhere else. All the categories are listed on the left hand side and are really specific. This feature really helps people navigate the site much better. All they have to do is click what categorie they are looking for and it takes them right to that section. Overal, amazon is very simple and easy to navigate. This particular site requires little thought at all, and I would recommend it for web designers who are looking for a good layout and setup. Amazon has an easy way to navigate the information the customer needs.
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Barnes and Noble Review
Barnes and Noble’s site is pretty use to use. If you are looking for a book, music, movie or just browsing, the search will find what you are looking for. The process for this site would have the code extremely difficult to understand to the reader, but very necessary for the user to move along the site. While browsing on the site,the reader might find a book or item that they are interested in so they will click on the item. The connection of the item would have to link the reader to the next page that shows the reader what the item is about, reviews and other information like price the reader would need to know before ordering. If the reader would like the purchase the item, the next step for the code would have to link the reader to a log in page for the website. If the reader does not have a user for the site, there would be a link for the reader to by pass so they could still purchase the item. Next after the reader has either logged in or by passed the log in, the reader would have to type in information for billing or the purchase cannot be complete. The whole process has to work perfectly for the reader to get to purchase the item. One mistake in the code, errors would have the reader confused and frustrated. All connections web designs have will have to work perfectly so readers can easily glide step to step.
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