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Local Amazon Searching with ActiveWords

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

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Buzz shared an ActiveWords script for searching Amazon.com in his post Searching in Context.

Although I’m in New Zealand I often buy from Amazon U.K. rather than Amazon.com. The crazy English comedies I like, especially one about a local shop, don’t make it to the .com site for months/years after U.K. release, if at all.

With a bit of very simple tweaking you can localise the .com script Buzz shared:

<"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?index=blended&field-keywords=<INPUTBOX:Amazon Generic Search>">

Just alter the site URL to the one you want and the INPUTBOX string for the search dialog display. To search Amazon UK make these changes;

<"http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?index=blended&field-keywords=<INPUTBOX:Amazon UK Generic Search>">

“It’s a local search for local people, you’ll find lots of precious things to buy”.

You can also find lots of ActiveWords hints, user support and scripts like this on the excellent ActiveWords Forums

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