Submission + - Recommendations Engines Coming of Age (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader writes: There are lots of companies that are working on using algorithms to suggest products, Hunch.com, FindTheBest.com and according to TechCrunch a new player, Snapsort which has launched algorithmic recommendation of cameras, cars (carsort.com) and mobile phones(geekaphone.com). Is faceted search on it's deathbed? Will these companies change the way consumers make decisions? The tools are definitely better than the crap used by every retailer site to help consumers pick things. There are lots of dirty categories where the spinsters and marketers make things hard, like politics — can tools like this help bring clarity to the consumer?