/ Marketing

Product recommendations lift sales 10-15% for DMinSite retailers

Retailers using DMinSite, a managed software e-commerce solutions vendor, find its product recommendations drive more sales than does collaborative filtering technology.

Posted 05/15/2008Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Netflix personalization contestants still eye the million-dollar prize

After more than a year, Netflix Inc. is still waiting to award $1 million to a design team that could help it build better personalization technology. But a team of AT&T Labs engineers has come close.

Posted 11/15/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Lycos files patent infringement suit against Netflix and Blockbuster

Internet search engine Lycos Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Netflix Inc. and Blockbuster Inc., charging the two companies’ online DVD recommendation systems violate Lycos’ patents on collaborative filtering technology.

Posted 01/15/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

Related Searches:Of Netflix And Blockbuster Lawsuits

The $1 million question: How can one get inside the customer’s mind?

Netflix has introduced Netflix Prize, an award of $1 million to the first person or team that can help the company achieve accuracy goals in recommending movies based on personal preferences.

Posted 10/04/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ Technology

ChoiceStream powers new personalized movie recommendations on Yahoo

Yahoo’s new movie recommendations are based on user preferences gathered through opt-in tools. Personalized movie and DVD lists cover what’s current in theaters and what’s for sale in Yahoo Shopping’s 100,000-title inventory.

Posted 05/25/2005Mary WagnerPost a comment

Light Bulb Moment

A $40 late fee begets an idea by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings worth $682.2 million.

Posted 02/01/2007Internet RetailerPost a comment

Netflix bets $1 million it can fend off Amazon

Netflix, the leader in online rental of DVDs, is betting $1 million—the prize it will offer someone who can develop a way to improve its movie recommendation system—that it can improve its already leading shopping experience to stay ahead of the competition.

Posted 10/31/2006Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ Press Release

DiscountDance.com, LuggagePoint.com and Nimli.com Select Strands Recommender for Personalized Product Recommendations

Online Retailers Implement Recommendations and Reap Rewards in Record Time INTERNET RETAILER - BOSTON, Mass., June 16, 2009 – Strands (http://recommender.strands.com), the leading provider of social recommendations announced today that DiscountDance.com (Internet Retailer Top 500 #336), LuggagePoint.com, Nimli.com, and Furnitureblue.com have recently selected Strands to power their automatic product recommendations. The sites will employ a new...

Posted 06/22/2009