Comments on: Warning: Amazon Blogger Integration Broken

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:22:14 +0000

What you are not considering is how RSS is used

Google Buzz – that is RSS – often full content
Imported as a note on Facebook – again RSS

By: Murat Yilmaz

Murat Yilmaz — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:10:22 +0000

Actually, average users will not have much RSS traffic and they are happy with their a few extra dollars coming from Amazon. For me, this is not really a big issue since I always check the final HTML code before publish. Does anyone know a good Amazon & WordPress integrator with the same functionality?

By: TK Pandey

TK Pandey — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:55:30 +0000

These are the same options an Associate has had from Amazon directly for incorporating Amazon links into their content. These are the options Amazon already have used. I don’t think it’s a good run by google. It’s pretty obvious that there’s selling going on although it’s not at all bad because everybody needs one.

By: Nicole Dean

Nicole Dean — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:37:39 +0000

“Anything that works contrary to what an average user might expect is broken and either needs to work a different way, or to have the functionality limitations explained clearly in the interface.”

I agree. That statement sums it up perfectly for me. Very well said and thanks for being an advocate for those affected by this.

By: Kai

Kai — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:28:29 +0000

I bet all my money that Google is getting paid as a 2-tier affiliate. Even with .05% commission, they would make a lot.

I guess depending on the niche, this would be better than AdSense.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:54:34 +0000

I use Amazon affiliate ads for my blogs all the time. I think they can be a little quirky sometimes, especially when using it in WordPress. I honestly use text links instead because they are easier. If I use text links, I get to put a bigger picture of the product I’m reviewing, so people can get a better feel for the product.
Or, I just use an aStore and build niches of them, like the one I have here: http://www.magazinecove.com . I just use an iframe to integrate the store on a page.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:48:20 +0000

Personally I would never want to use blogger to launch a blog. At the end of the day you don’t have any control over your blog, Google does. If they wanted to shut it off they could.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:27:59 +0000

Isn’t there meant to also be some kind of new widget to put links in the sidebar.

By: Javon

Javon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:28:03 +0000

Andy I agree!! And Rick yes .. it’s Broken for your users.. It’s the first thing I noticed when I saw the new integration.

By: sharon

sharon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:34:45 +0000

Hi Andy,
I’ve been agonising for hours about how to include amazon ads into my blog on the sidebar, not within the text. it used to be my formatting troubles were over when i used Microsoft Live Writer but with amazon (i just got my amazon associate ID), i’m having to use blogger’s text editor and when i insert an amazon product, it is not aligned.
would you have the right html to wrap around text and with enough space in between amazon’s image and my blog? is there a way to put amazon products in the sidebar instead of within my blog?
thanks