Bloggerkit doing what Amazon should
June 13th, 2006
There’s been some buzz about bloggerkit, which allows any blogger or content creator to automatically pull in Amazon ads that are relevant to specific keywords. There’s no registration required, and the process looks like a cinch to set up. The catch is that bloggerkit takes 15% of the referrals, and you end up with the rest. For a small blog with limited resources, this looks to be a good alternative to the endless clicking that all Amazon Associates are familiar with. However, for a site that depends a lot upon ad revenues, it may not be the best choice to lose 15% off the top. If you have the know-how, you should be able to write the code that grabs the Amazon ads based on your content.
Bloggerkit raises a question that I’ve been trying to answer: why doesn’t Amazon provide this service directly? It’s a huge incentive for bloggers to be able to provide context relevant Amazon ads, and it would only make Amazon’s Associate program stronger. It wouldn’t be too much effort for them to get it implemented.
There’s been some buzz about bloggerkit, which allows any blogger or content creator to automatically pull in Amazon ads that are relevant to specific keywords. There’s no registration required, and the process looks like a cinch to set up. The catch is that bloggerkit takes 15% of the referrals, and you end up with the rest. For a small blog with limited resources, this looks to be a good alternative to the endless clicking that all Amazon Associates are familiar with. However, for a site that depends a lot upon ad revenues, it may not be the best choice to lose 15% off the top. If you have the know-how, you should be able to write the code that grabs the Amazon ads based on your content.
Bloggerkit raises a question that I’ve been trying to answer: why doesn’t Amazon provide this service directly? It’s a huge incentive for bloggers to be able to provide context relevant Amazon ads, and it would only make Amazon’s Associate program stronger. It wouldn’t be too much effort for them to get it implemented.
