Oct. 24, 1995-- Amazon.com Books, a virtual bookstore offering more than 1 million titles, has broken into one of the most prestigious hot lists in the Internet community.
Point Communications, an independent watchdog that rates Internet sites, recently ranked Amazon.com Books as the number one book-related site on the Web, and the sixth best site overall out of the estimated 500,000 sites inhabiting cyberspace.
The Point survey, updated weekly, rates all World Wide Web sites by content, presentation, and experience. With more than 6,000 new pages coming on-line every week, making The Point's Top Ten list is no small feat. The Amazon.com Books home page scored 48 out of 50 possible points in the content category, making its sixth overall on The Point's Top Ten Content list, immediately behind such Internet giants as Lycos, Yahoo, and Pathfinder.
When analyzing content of a new Web site, The Point looks at the depth, breadth, and thoroughness of the home-page's information, taking into consideration the site's accuracy and completeness. In its review of Amazon.com, The Point highlighted the virtual bookstore's innovative Eyes & Editors free personal notification service, and described Amazon.com's speedy keyword searches as "most impressive."
In addition to high marks on The Point, Amazon.com Books, in operation since September, has received accolades on Yahoo's "What's Cool List" and Netscape's "What New List." In its first month of operation, Amazon.com filled book orders from all 50 states and 45 countries.
Amazon.com operates from headquarters in Seattle. The company maintains a staff of programmers, editors, executives, and all-around book lovers. Amazon.com's URL is http://www. amazon.com/ . Point Communications and The Point Top Ten list are at http://www.pointcom.com/.