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blake_fan
Member

Under the spell of my muse.
175 Posts
1/01
Posted - Oct 24 2003 : 1:12PM
Does XRentDVD.Com's "Suggestions" search engine work for you? That is to say does it do an adequate to good job of suggesting movies based on the movies you like or dislike?

It does a TERRIBLE job for me. I have rated just about every adult film I have ever seen that they have on their site, and still the Suggestions search engine comes up with films I would never, ever rent.

P.S. Please don't explain to me how the search engine works. I understand. I am just curious if it actually does a good job for anybody.

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XRentGuy
XRentDVD

XRentDVD Employee - with a little pull ;)
53 Posts
4/01
Posted - Oct 24 2003 : 5:14PM
I have to say, I'm curious too. We know this feature could be better. How good or bad is it right now?

If you have questions for me regarding this I'll be happy to answer them as well.

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DreadZep
Member

Florida
17 Posts
10/03
Posted - Oct 24 2003 : 8:15PM
yeah I tried that feature last week, and it sucked. It recommended VIVID pictures to me!! Yeah like I would ever rent a movie with plot ;)

I used to like it when Xrentdvd had a link on the front page for New Releases, and it listed all the new flicks in their different catagories. I found it very useful in choosing what to rent, why did you get rid of it.

BTW I love you guys, your service rocks...these are just minor gripes

XRentWebmaster
Member

Santa Ana, CA
45 Posts
10/03
Posted - Oct 31 2003 : 1:48PM
We've put a lot of work into the Suggestions. The difficult part is to know when to stop showing titles. The Suggestions will omit things you have rated, have on your wishlist, or have in your queue. If you have rated everything you have seen and everything else that you are interested in is on your wishlist then there isn't much left to suggest. Unfortunately many of the people on this board would have the same problem. The features came up because they are rated highly and share cast members with other titles you liked. I have the same problem on Netflix, after rating 4000 titles, the suggestions that come up are not quite crap but aren't really something I want to see.

As for the New Releases page, we removed it to improve things for our regular customers. We get a lot of people that just got a DVD player and are new to porn. The New Releases page was driving them to the same titles that our regular customers, who have seen everything else, wanted to see. You can easily see what the newest titles are via the Advanced Search. You can even filter them down to just the categories you want to see, save the search for future use, and have us email you when new titles that qualify are added. This means you get a new release page specific to you.

We constantly strive to make things better for our customers. Thanks for taking the time to let us know about your views.

XRentDVD Webmaster


Edited by - XRentWebmaster on 10/31/2003 1:49:07 PM

Chillin
Member

San Diego
208 Posts
9/01
Posted - Nov 2 2003 : 1:45PM
It's sort of a mixed bag for me. The suggestions definately do come up with titles that I would potentially buy, but they also come up with just as many ones that I wouldn't.

Perhaps a customizable page with filters in the user preferences area might help..

As for new releases, I just have an automatic email sent to me every day with the new releases. Very nice feature...Although, one suggestion for Xrent: Add the studio name to the title in the email, that would be very helpful.

Chillin..

 
DreadZep
Member

Florida
17 Posts
10/03
Posted - Nov 6 2003 : 8:25PM
Since posting in this thread I have discovered the joys of the advanced search and saving them, I just got it set up to email me new releases of certain catagories. One thing I would like is the ability to choose several studios at once, like you can list several porn stars in one search. Now I know when the new Amber Rain flicks comes out!!
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