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All you need to do is put your aff ID in there and change the ASIN #. Nothing else.

To see what it looks like, add a new WP post and slap the code in the HTML window then switch over to visual. Voila!

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GGpaul

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Elle Holder

All you need to do is put your aff ID in there and change the ASIN #. Nothing else.

To see what it looks like, add a new WP post and slap the code in the HTML window then switch over to visual. Voila!

Did that but I couldn't figure out how to move it around. It stays in one spot. Hmm. I use DEWALT DCS310S1 Review | ToolZone Power Tool Reviews as an example and I'm trying to figure out how wolfmiii did that.

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yukon

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by GGpaul

Did that but I couldn't figure out how to move it around. It stays in one spot. Hmm. I use DEWALT DCS310S1 Review | ToolZone Power Tool Reviews as an example and I'm trying to figure out how wolfmiii did that.

Just look for the code below & grab the whole <div>, then swap out whatever Amazon code you need:

HTML Code:

<div style="border:1px solid black; padding:20px; width:175px; float:left; height:250px; margin-right: 10px;  ">

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GGpaul

14 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Just look for the code below & grab the whole <div>, then swap out whatever Amazon code you need:

HTML Code:

<div style="border:1px solid black; padding:20px; width:175px; float:left; height:250px; margin-right: 10px;  ">

Oh Yukon, what would I do without you. Thanks!

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GGpaul

14 years ago

Hmmmm, when I use "div" it messes up the whole page. I wonder if it's the theme.

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wolfmmiii 14 years ago

Originally Posted by GGpaul

Hmmmm, when I use "div" it messes up the whole page. I wonder if it's the theme.

You have to make sure you close the <DIV> with a </DIV> at the end of the code you are trying to position with the DIV.
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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

Yep. Yukon has it right. I make use of floating DIVs to place lots of stuff.

@GGPaul: Got your PM. Was out most of this evening trying to learn how to play blackjack (I'm a poker guy). It didn't go so well.

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GGpaul

14 years ago

haha. I responded back to your email. Poker eh? Nice.

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wolfmmiii 14 years ago

Originally Posted by GGpaul

haha. I responded back to your email. Poker eh? Nice.

I'm a much better Hold'em player than I am blackjack
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Blue445nm

14 years ago

Does the code work for blogger?

"<form method="GET" action="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aws/cart/add.html"> <input type="hidden" name="AssociateTag" value="storeid-20"/> <input type="hidden" name="SubscriptionId" value="0EMJ6TWAXGX6JF1NP202"/> <input type="hidden" name="ASIN.1" value="B00003CWT6"/><br/> <input type="hidden" name="Quantity.1" value="1"/><br/> <input type="image" name="add" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/add-to-cart.gif"> </form> "

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yukon Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Blue445nm

Does the code work for blogger?

Sometimes blogger gets funky with html, If that happens use something like this code converter, then paste into your blogger template or blog post.

Backup your template (first) If your going to change anything.

hxxp://www.eblogtemplates.com/blogger-ad-code-converter/

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GGpaul, did you get the code working?
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- wolfmmiii 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  GGpaul, did you get the code working?
  
  I checked out his code and it looks like he was missing a closing </DIV>.
  
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GGpaul

14 years ago

I added an additional </div> and it made it even worse. The one that you bolded too Wolf. The site is getting closer to how I want it to be, and to how you recommended wolf =D. Just a couple more fixes and I should be on my way!

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yukon

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by GGpaul

I added an additional </div> and it made it even worse. The one that you bolded too Wolf. The site is getting closer to how I want it to be, and to how you recommended wolf =D. Just a couple more fixes and I should be on my way!

This will work (already tested offline).

Replace the images, I didn't want to leave the image URLs (hotlinking).

Replace the Amazon affiliate links.

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<div style="border:1px solid black; padding:20px; width:175px; float:left; height:250px; margin-right:10px;  ">

<div style="height:400px"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/amazon_link_here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://domain.com/amazon_product_image_here.jpg" alt="" title="keyword_here" width="175" height="175" /></a>

<div align="center"><br /><br /><font size="1">Add to Cart for Price</font>

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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/amazon_link_here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><image src="http://domain.com/add-to-cart.gif"></a>

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

hmmm....there must be something else going on. That code you have shows 4 opening DIVs but only 3 closing DIVs. That will certainly cause problems and has to be addressed with a 4th closing DIV.

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yukon

Banned 14 years ago

It was the outer <div> messing up the page layout, I just deleted that div & the code works fine.

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

EDIT: Yukon beat me to it

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ZmB

14 years ago

Yukon -
I wanted to know if I had to insert that code you posted with every affiliate link I have on Amazon for the 90 day cookie thing. I have 8 products listed on my homepage currently so that means 8 of those codes right?

How much has your sales increased using the 90 day cookie method?

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GGpaul

14 years ago

The amazon link would be all of this though? <form method="GET" action="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aws/cart/add.html"> <input type="hidden" name="AssociateTag" value="storeid-20"/> <input type="hidden" name="SubscriptionId" value="0EMJ6TWAXGX6JF1NP202"/> <input type="hidden" name="ASIN.1" value="B00003CWT6"/><br/> <input type="hidden" name="Quantity.1" value="1"/><br/> <input type="image" name="add" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/add-to-cart.gif"> </form> "???

Unless there is a simple way to get the "amazon link" that's the "90 day " cookie one?

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

No, the add-to-cart button is different from a regular affiliate link. The add-to-cart button is actually a form that Amazon provides you with via that code. It allows the visitor to add products to his shopping cart. A regular affiliate link just sends the visitor to the product page.

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GGpaul

14 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

No, the add-to-cart button is different from a regular affiliate link. The add-to-cart button is actually a form that Amazon provides you with via that code. It allows the visitor to add products to his shopping cart. A regular affiliate link just sends the visitor to the product page.

I see. Where can I get the 90 day cookies link?

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wolfmmiii 14 years ago

Originally Posted by GGpaul

I see. Where can I get the 90 day cookies link?

There is none. The 90-day cookie term refers to how Amazon handles products that someone has added to his Amazon cart but not actually paid for yet. Regular links don't give you this functionality.
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GGpaul

14 years ago

Yukon suggested :
<div style="border:1px solid black; padding:20px; width:175px; float:left; height:250px; margin-right:10px; "> <div style="height:400px"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/amazon_link_here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://domain.com/amazon_product_image_here.jpg" alt="" title="keyword_here" width="175" height="175" /></a> <div align="center"><br /><br /><font size="1">Add to Cart for Price</font> <br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/amazon_link_here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><image src="http://domain.com/add-to-cart.gif"></a> </div> </div> </div> <br />
So i'm assuming in there put in the "add-to-cart" button code some how?

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GGpaul

14 years ago

Got it fixed! Thanks everyone!

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cooler1

14 years ago

I guess it's unlikely that someone adds a product to their cart then buys it days later. They are most likely to either buy it the same day or remove the item from the cart, so this 90 day cookie isn't as good as it sounds. Really if it was, then almost everyone would be using it.

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

Originally Posted by cooler1

I guess it's unlikely that someone adds a product to their cart then buys it days later. They are most likely to either buy it the same day or remove the item from the cart, so this 90 day cookie isn't as good as it sounds. Really if it was, then almost everyone would be using it.

Maybe/maybe not. However, if you can implement it, you are certain to capture at least a few additional sales that you otherwise would have missed out on.

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cooler1 14 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Maybe/maybe not. However, if you can implement it, you are certain to capture at least a few additional sales that you otherwise would have missed out on.

Have you done any split testing between using "Add to cart" and "Buy now buttons"? Just wondering, which generally out of the two gets the best CTR.
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Jeannie Crabtree

14 years ago

I think some other people do as they research certain products, but are not at the final stages, if they are comfortable with Amazon.

I use the add to cart function for things I want. Then when I am ready, they are in the cart.

Then I do a "random act of kindness" I search using a bit of the affiliate disclaimer to find someones site selling amazon products, click through and place my order. It puts a smile on someones face. :-)

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Originally Posted by cooler1

I guess it's unlikely that someone adds a product to their cart then buys it days later. They are most likely to either buy it the same day or remove the item from the cart, so this 90 day cookie isn't as good as it sounds. Really if it was, then almost everyone would be using it.

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

I haven't done any split testing because most of my reviews contain both anyway as part of my review layouts.

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GGpaul

14 years ago

I still haven't made any sales. But I'm assuming it's too early to tell with only 25 views a day. I'm getting clicks but not the amount of clicks that you mentioned wolfmmiii where I'll then need to make adjustments.

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

Yeah, 25 views per day is very low. Keep building.

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GGpaul 14 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Yeah, 25 views per day is very low. Keep building.

For sure man. Thanks a lot. I don't want to get discouraged at all especially when there's momentum. I haven't had this amount of traffic in a long time. And hopefully this will be consistent with pure white hat. Back then it was all backlinking with private networks. Sorry for bugging you but you're helping out a lot.
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- wolfmmiii 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by GGpaul
  
  I haven't had this amount of traffic in a long time.
  
  This is exactly why I feel this strategy is great for folks who are struggling. It usually results in easy traffic, which provides encouragement to continue on.
  
  Sorry for bugging you but you're helping out a lot.
  
  Not a problem bud. I'm glad to help.
  
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mrtrance

14 years ago

Wolfmmiii,

What sort of traffic numbers does an internal url from your AZ site get? Does it not peak at a certain level since that page will come up on page 1 for a certain number of long tails and unless you add more content to that page it won't be found for other keywords?

Does it typically start from 0 and say peak in the 100s of keywords for just ith 400-500 words of content? And then you rely on the other 40-50 other pages to do the same and then overall combined you get this huge amouny of traffic to the site?

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

The reviews that rank well will usually rank for all kinds of variants of the product and additional terms. Since I'm targeting individual products, I'm relying on the site as a whole to produce traffic.

When running a website, you can build traffic in one of two ways (in this example):

Get lots of traffic from a few short-tail (competitive) keywords
Get a little traffic from lots of low-competition product searches

Option #1 involves adding content that targets the short-tail keyword but it also involves lots of backlinking activities, which take away from the time spent on actually creating content.

Option #2 simply involves creating content that targets low competition products. Very little backlinking (outside of the initial automated bookmarking/pinging) is necessary.

I prefer to spend my time creating content because I hate backlinking.

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DaveWarrior

14 years ago

Is there a way to get add to cart working with Pretty link or some kind of link cloaking?

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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

The add to cart isn't a link. It is HTML code you add to your site.

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DaveWarrior 14 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

The add to cart isn't a link. It is HTML code you add to your site.

I understand that, but what I'm wondering is if you can change the form action URL to cloak it.

Also maybe possible to convert the form to a URL
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wolfmmiii

14 years ago

Why? There's no need to.

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DaveWarrior 14 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Why? There's no need to.

I think there is to mitigate future risk wrt Google.

Anyways, I just did it and I think it is working - does it take you to a confirm your add to cart page when you do it with the HTML?
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lucass

14 years ago

I have a simple question:

When someone clicks on your add to cart (90 day cookie), I know that it's only valid for that item.

However, when they buy something else entirely, something that isn't in their basket, right after clicking your link, would you still get commision?

Basically, do you have to choose between 90 day basket item or anything in 24 hour cookie?

if that makes any sense....

What I'm saying is that, wouldnt everyone just use add to basket links on their websites then? It would kill two birds with 1 stone, they purchase something entirely different within the 24 hours and you would still get commision, and if they purchase the item you put in their basket, you would get commision up to 90 days.

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