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Those are Amazon affiliate links in the article. Getting this on the front of HN will get you a few clicks.
by j_col 15y ago
Those are Amazon affiliate links in the article. Getting this on the front of HN will get you a few clicks.
- ryandvm 15y agoThat seems like fair compensation for assembling a list of books that, I may be interested in reading. Do you actually find this objectionable?
- benregn 15y agoIt's just honest to state that they are affiliate links, regardless of he deserves the revenue or not.
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoThe only time there's really a valid reason to complain about affiliate links is if you're rewriting links posted by others; and even then IMHO disclosure is enough to clear you. Otherwise, affiliate links are serving their purpose properly (encouraging bloggers to post links to Amazon; and Amazon compensating the bloggers for the referral).
- kurrent 15y agolooks like he jumps at any opportunity to get his amazon affiliate link out there. even posting it with a pretty much useless comment on this g+ post: https://plus.google.com/112493031290529814667/posts/LvhVwngPqSC https://plus.google.com/112493031290529814667/posts/LvhVwngP... (this link is from a story that just recently made the frontpage on hacker news) Eric, how's the affiliate marketing going?
- j_col 15y agoI would find a follow-up post discussing the numbers re: Amazon Affiliate click-through and purchase rates from a story hitting the front page of HN more interesting than yet another "here is a list of books that you should read" post, or is that a little too meta?