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> SPAM. False. Carefully chosen, hand-transcribed, edited-for-brevity excerpt of a relevant and obscure book, with a particular quote bolded. > There's even a

> SPAM. False. Carefully chosen, hand-transcribed, edited-for-brevity excerpt of a relevant and obscure book, with a particular quote bolded. > There's even an affiliate link at the bottom I've had 40,000 unique visitors in the last four months, and I've had $0 in Amazon commissions. Does it mess credibility up? I'm tempted to cancel the damn thing, if anyone buys from the link I get like 20 cents or whatever. I thought Amazon commissions would maybe help me pick up a free book every month or two, but they've done no such thing. I should ask other bloggers if they've made anything from Amazon on book recommendations - even a very small credibility hit isn't worth the 40 cents or whatever.

pbhjpbhj 16y ago
My Amazon links make about 1/1000th of that my Google links make; my Google links pay enough to cover costs on my blog and buy me a meal out a couple of times a year. Admittedly ad placement is part of this but I've used Amazon book links where there are large amounts of people coming to a site with a particular interest - I've researched and picked out good books for that interest but nearly nobody bites (or Amazon aff links are not working?!).
- lionhearted 16y ago
  Thanks for this, very useful info. I've been gunshy about Google, because I want everything on my page to be something I endorse, and I don't want Scientology or activist groups or make money online scams getting onto my site when I talk about religion or government or wealth. But yes, Amazon hasn't performed for me, and I've tried to make it work. Short, snappy posts with Amazon link - nothing. Extremely long, detailed posts with obscure but really good books - nothing. For a while, I thought I'd be patient with it, but it's almost to the point where it's not worth the screen real estate. Anyway, thanks for the insight. I wanted to drop you a line but no info in your profile - email me?
  - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
    pbhjpbhj@zippymail.info

pbhjpbhj 16y ago

My Amazon links make about 1/1000th of that my Google links make; my Google links pay enough to cover costs on my blog and buy me a meal out a couple of times a year. Admittedly ad placement is part of this but I've used Amazon book links where there are large amounts of people coming to a site with a particular interest - I've researched and picked out good books for that interest but nearly nobody bites (or Amazon aff links are not working?!).

lionhearted 16y ago
Thanks for this, very useful info. I've been gunshy about Google, because I want everything on my page to be something I endorse, and I don't want Scientology or activist groups or make money online scams getting onto my site when I talk about religion or government or wealth. But yes, Amazon hasn't performed for me, and I've tried to make it work. Short, snappy posts with Amazon link - nothing. Extremely long, detailed posts with obscure but really good books - nothing. For a while, I thought I'd be patient with it, but it's almost to the point where it's not worth the screen real estate. Anyway, thanks for the insight. I wanted to drop you a line but no info in your profile - email me?
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  pbhjpbhj@zippymail.info