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Can I remove these on my amazon links?

by LearnNOTmoney
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<a href=
Img src and Img alt

I want to insert a link to my blog, and i wanted it too look decent and not look spammy. Can amazon still track my sales if i removed these codes?
#amazon #links #remove
  • Profile picture of the author sunray
    Originally Posted by LearnNOTmoney View Post

    <a href=
    Img src and Img alt

    I want to insert a link to my blog, and i wanted it too look decent and not look spammy. Can amazon still track my sales if i removed these codes?
    Yes, tracking works fine without it. The 1 by 1 pixel image is for statistical purposes (how many times the link has been presented and where).
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    • Profile picture of the author LearnNOTmoney
      Originally Posted by sunray View Post

      Yes, tracking works fine without it. The 1 by 1 pixel image is for statistical purposes (how many times the link has been presented and where).
      I did not notice your answer when i bumped it. So i can basically remove the img tags

      But can i also remove a href? I'm trying to use pretty link to make my amazon links look better, to could them but it wont work unless you i remove a href
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      • Profile picture of the author sunray
        Originally Posted by LearnNOTmoney View Post

        I did not notice your answer when i bumped it. So i can basically remove the img tags

        But can i also remove a href? I'm trying to use pretty link to make my amazon links look better, to could them but it wont work unless you i remove a href
        No, you cannot remove a href, this is the standard link tag. If you remove it your link is not clickable any more.
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        • Profile picture of the author LearnNOTmoney
          Do i need to add these link Via HTML? I'm trying to insert these links on specific words on my post but i'm not sure if that is allowed. Seems like i can only use it if i put href which only works on widgets and ofcourse by editing an HTML page
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          • Profile picture of the author sunray
            Originally Posted by LearnNOTmoney View Post

            Do i need to add these link Via HTML? I'm trying to insert these links on specific words on my post but i'm not sure if that is allowed. Seems like i can only use it if i put href which only works on widgets and ofcourse by editing an HTML page
            This is how your Amazon link should look like:
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            <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083PWAPW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=YOUR_REFERRER_ID&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0083PWAPW">Your anchor text (the "specific words") here</a>
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  • Profile picture of the author LearnNOTmoney
    bump :embarrased
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    Are you using Wordpress? If so, the HTML page is in the text tab on your post so you can just add the link via html there.
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Hi

    You need to get your raw affiliate link. To do this go to the Amazon product "Link to this page" and choose "Text Only".

    You will see a big block of code starting with

    Code:
    <a href="http://your affiliate link...
    You need to cut the URL from the beginning of http to the end of the link in quotes:

    Code:
    <a href="--> CUT THIS PART">Product Text</a><img src= etc...>
    This your affiliate link. The rest of the code is to provide formatting, pop up image, etc.

    Now you can past that link into Pretty Links or other masking software and choose the display link you want associated.

    You can also add the link manually using regular HTML in your post:

    Code:
    blah blah <a href="affiliate link">linked blah blah text</a> blah blah blah
    But you should really get a basic understanding of HTML before you go messing around in code. It is easy to miss a < or a > or have the wrong number of divs, etc.

    W3 Schools is a great place to learn HTML and they have a very good reference if you are hacking along. It is all free.

    HTML Tutorial

    Mahlon
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  • Profile picture of the author Dazen
    Shorten link service is allow, redirect from original ugly long link.

    Pretty link make your link look better but you need to parse the amazon ID. if not it won't track your sales. I prefer use "Redirect" pretty link.
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