Opened browser in 'Incognito' mode; followed the listed steps;
o First line (three items) product "Mr. Pen";
o Second line four items (1 sponsored; 1 Az choice; 2 best seller);
o Third line video on right with a "sponsored" on left (practice);
o The fourth line has four articles on nail (pedicure) then back to more product(s).
o The was also a sticker/hook "sponsored" (not even close) further down.

Amazon - search results screen shot.

Point missed. This was an example based on many failed searches with Amazon - that anyone can see is a failure.
And note: It's not like I've kept this to myself --- I've been trying to show them about the failures and the cost of loss business to customers.

No, no and no. Might want to try your suggestions - before you suggest them - and look at your results first.
1. "hardware nails" return tacks (clearly stated in the title/description). And - if you didn't know the keyword "hardware"; the suggestion is useless for each additional item. In one instance -- I've called Amazon; and we were not able to reduce invalid results, and I had to look (go) elsewhere.
2. "centuri" with quote: no; it doesn't work. I have a long email thread seeking support from offer up; where that variation (and searching for "centuri - century") all failed. They never have presented a viable option.
3, "mercury redstone" (with quotes) in Shapeways - returns two items: "yolo vase holder" & "Ring Poem". I've also tried "mercury-redstone" (quotes and dash) which cannot find "1/200 AMT Man In Space Mercury-Redstone Extension". (Irony: "mercuryredstone" - no quotes; no space; found one "mercury-redstone")

The 'bad search' seems to be going everywhere; and they are all getting worse. Amazon is the worst; try and search for "nails"; then click on "Tools & Home Improvement". Everything you wanted to know about painting your nails (on your hands). For me - Amazon's search engine is so bad; I avoid shopping there; as I can never find what I'm looking for - not to mention they are "too big".

And now other companies are following suite with bad searches.
"offer up"; if you search for "centuri"; it will automatically change the search to "century"; and you cannot find any "centuri" item(s).
eBay - is returning items that are not in the search criteria too; and they are getting worse at returning items I'm not looking for (and are not related to the search).

It is frustrating to have to try and work around bad search engines (which include: bing; duck; google ...) and if you want to have some serious fun; search for a product with two words. I've stopped searching (buying) form Shapeways (and others) -- if I am searching for "mercury restone"; you will get "mercury" (planet for example); merged with results from "redstone" (not quite sure what it is; but there is a lot of them).

Related rant -- injecting advertisements in the search results. I realize they are trying to make a buck; but if I can't find what I'm looking for (or swamped with outside garbage) - they are not going to get any business. One example: when I look on "offer up"; I know about eBay - and don't need (want) to see from random eBay items in the results that are returned. I also don't want to see advertisements for the item/company that was searching for - for the next six months!

Currently the only company - search engine that works as expected is Craigs List; though sometimes it has issues with plural item(s).

My carrier - charges me for each text I receive. (A lot!) So there is no incentive to block any text messages. Also; in order for me to attempt a block (research ... not tried) - I can't do it myself; I need to request 2nd tier support and ask them do it; and 1st tier support doesn't know, can't access the needed areas and their scripts (did you turn the power off?) are written in such a way as to make reaching 2nd tier support difficult on this topic. I would like to block all email (and out of country) based texts; that option is not open to me.

One suggestion - option: for every spam text that is received: a 'bounty' for every text received that isn't blocked. The carrier must pay you!

MS: We are doing away with password; so we can send you a password.
Me: Ya; right. I lost my phone.
MS: You are f*ed. (This already happens with Google)

I live in the US. Why can't I block access to my account from non-US locations (geo-blocking)? Why are IP addresses that attempt to log in to 20 different accounts in 30 seconds -- allowed to continue?

I had a similar issue with eBay and my wife's phone. They (eBay, PP, MS and others) assume that your phone is tied to your account (I don't for several reasons). While away from home (taking my wife to a hospital) I had internet access (Wifi) using her phone. Attempted to place a bid on an item; and it/they wanted another level of verification. When I called to ask if there was something that I could do; the 'in person' verification got even stranger (such as: 20 years ago; what address did you live at?)

Best example -- you left your phone at home (or was stolen) ... you need to log in. What you/they going to do? Send a text to a device that I don't have access to??

While trying to read an "Instagram" post ; I was prompted by multiple log in verifications. I thought that it was some form of phishing; so I aborted it and went directly Instagram. I found out that my account was semi-deleted. I can't create a new account with the same email address (or user name) but when I attempt to log in, it says the user does not exist. Their (Instagram) help is useless as you need to at least partially log in before you can 'appeal'; which is not an option. For me the big thing is contact with another person (friend) - using Instagram. (I use if for very little, so there was no violation of TOS).

Wikipedia did something similar. In my 'work area' - I had a article that was NOT ready for publishing. It was deleted. When I asked why; and started an appeal process, I was banned for life. I found out later that I was being stalked by the person who banned me.

As a result; I now have local copies of my work - which includes backups. But when the hammer comes down, and you've done nothing wrong: who can you appeal to?

Interesting that 2FA doesn't fix everything. How about regional blocking? I'm not going to Russia (or China or ...); why is it that there is no viable means of regional blocking in place? Not only for MS accounts, but banking accounts as well.

You hit it. (Also I didn't see any previous post saying this). Irony ... Facebook, Yahoo (and eBay) ... all have software quality that SUCKS. They all release broken code - many times. (FB: open a video to a 'new' style window; the video doesn't play, the "back" arrow takes you back to the top of the list, you've lost your place; Yahoo: I've all but abandon it due to bad quality. eBay: New features in "rating" have grammatical errors/issue; and BAD (wrong) information -- all of these I have (attempted) to report to the companies many times. None of the companies have a meaningful feedback mechanism. For all of them -- their quality SUCKS. They are big enough that; who else are you going to go to?
For me; it is - when I see the video bug, stop scrolling down. For Yahoo, I've almost abandon it. For eBay -- don't leave any feedback -- and I'm cutting back. The thing is that these are people {managers} have no clue about quality or testing. The suggestion of ''Let's have developers test their on code'' is insane. Time and time again, developers can't write bug free code; and are unable to properly test. Why should they? They will be paid to fix it on the next release! (Which they never do). I've reviewed developers written automation. One test case - did nothing (and reported that it was successful). A group of test cases (about 40%) passed with the server "down". None of the automated test cases (written by dev's) gave any rational as what they were doing, or the goals of the test case. Were they testing the GUI function, the server function, the ability to get the job done ... ? (No documentation... I have NEVER seen a dev write a test case that made sense by reading it). Yes, they (frequently) write great code. But you need a tester behind it writing test cases; both manual and automated.

From the /. article "How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating"; the best response, worth reading and keeping: You can't, so don't try

I wish we {I} could recover the data and see that is there. The 215 reels of unlabeled data could be of value; and I believe is worth the time to investigate.

Per chance you might want to read my comment before reply.

Someone (OP?) should research the author -- Environmental Progress. They are (were) founded by Shellenberger; and he and Environmental Progress have/are advocating Nuclear power.

Environmental Progress President: We Need More Nuclear Power

There are so many references of this that is will raise the question of impartiality of the article.

I believe that Y! is the only free email service provider that won't let you bulk-save your email messages. So, I've all but left Yahoo; however How do I get my (old) messages out?
(Before the 'let it go' people come, I need the messages for legal purposes).
I was able to get *some* of the messages to Gmail; however, I would like to get all of them.

Suggestions?

REALITY ... might want to check into it.

So - you advocate in buying nothing. Well, it will save money, just won't accomplish anything.

"NOT OFFERED" ... NOT AVAILABLE... BUY WHAT WE HAVE OR *NOTHING* ... NO OTHER OPTION.