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Why, when you search for "." on Amazon, does it return The Little Mermaid II?

Sometimes when I want to visit Amazon.com I'll just put a period in the FF search box if Amazon is already selected. Everytime I do this it returns the DVD and VHS versions of The Little Mermaid II...and that's it. I've verified this with someone else so don't blame it on MY buying habits! :)

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by pinchecat
asked 9 months ago

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Ditto here.

coolphilip04
9 months ago

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a glitch in the Matrix?

mfladd
9 months ago

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I could think of a hundred better results for a period...

zarfus
9 months ago

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That is just cool. I tried it in the Kindle store (to see if I could get different results), and it STILL gave me those two items.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A133140011&field-keywords=.&page=1

It helpfully told me that "Your search "." did not match any products in: Kindle Store" while it was displaying them, though.

shrdlu
9 months ago

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@shrdlu: when you said Kindle store, i thought "since when is there a physical store for Kindles? never seen one, i'm missing out" lol

i've seen a Sony and Apple store next to each other. i figured, sure why not kindles o_O

w00tgurl
9 months ago

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Disney is trying to take over the world again? I guess Google is on a break.

jeffk069
9 months ago

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May I ask why you search for a " . "? Especially if it alwasy produces the same results?

bogie21
9 months ago

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Whoever created the listing probably added a period to the keywords

onestepahead
9 months ago

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