Adult Ads

[Ken Baker]

I have no problem with the pop up ads, I think it is a great way for a site to cover costs. However - can I suggest that the Amazon ads not display porn star posters.

[Glenn Clabo]

Please explain and Keith will look into your concern!

[Ken Baker]

I think I explained it - I have no problem with pop up ads - especially those targeted to the appropriate site - so in this case I have no problem with Amazon recommending Woodworking books, tools, etc.. - What I don't feel appropriate is the ads for Adult Movie Posters. Since their is no age verification when you enter this site - one would think you would be concerned about the liability of minors coming to your site and seeing adult advertisements.

[Glenn Clabo]

Point taken...

[Matt Meiser]

Amazon sells adult movie posters?

[Ben Cadotte]

I noticed the Amazon ads must use a filter to try and pick an appropriate key word from the page your looking at. For instance the post has router in the title. The amazon popup ad has a router table, a book on router, and maybe bushings for routers. I noticed since I have been on here it has been pretty accurate to what was in the post. Probably one of the reasons I have noticed it.

Some word in the title or post must have keyed it to show those posters.

My question was did the posters actually show adult immages or the poster were for just adult items. Not saying its ok, just wondering. And I would bet Amazon can change a setting to block all adult oriented ads!

[Chris Padilla]

The one I've noticed most of today is "Seka's Fantasies" and it appears to be a book on the adult film star. It seems to show up in threads with the title of "screw" or "screwed" in it....

Of course, I could be making it much, much worse just typing those words in here!

[Rick Gifford]

I am willing to bet Keith can set some settings through the Amazon setup to limit certain types of adverts.

I know nothing first hand experience, just makes sense Amazon would allow that since it would be a concern for many.

[Keith Outten]

I'm not sure we have any control over the ad keywords but we will look into the issue and see if we can find a resolution.

[ken seale]

I'm not sure we have any control over the ad keywords but we will look into the issue and see if we can find a resolution.

What the heck,

everything comes at a price.

[Rob Bourgeois]

Well thats one way to get some one to click on the ad.

.

[Rick Gifford]

Did some googling. Looks like they had a beta last year, no idea if it was set in place. Might look around and see what you can find. I guess the only control you have is what keywords are used.

April 19, 2007

Context Links Update

Thanks to everyone that has provided feedback on our Context Links Beta! The feedback has been very valuable, and we are continuing to work on the tool to make your experience even better.
We wanted to share with you the most common questions and issues sent to us by different Associates as they've used the Context Links Beta.

1. "I put the Context Links javascript on my website, but I do not see any links yet."

Context Links scans your webpage to determine what keywords should be linked. If our systems have already processed your page then we take only a few seconds to create the automatic links. If you have added the script to a new page which has not yet been processed by our systems, it will typically take a few minutes to determine the phrases to link. However it also depends on how fast your Web site serves the content to us and how much traffic your Web page receives. So be patient - it will work in two minutes for some sites and take up to a few hours for lower traffic websites.

2. "My browser hangs when I hover over a link created by Context Links Beta."

This happened in some versions of Firefox, but we have corrected the issue causing this. Thanks to all of our Associates who helped us identify and repair this issue.

3. "The Context Links javascript seems to be adding some space on the bottom of my page."

We have corrected the issue causing this. Thanks again!

4. "I see very few links on my page, but I have so many product names in the text."
If there are already a number of links on your page, Context Links may not link any new phrases. This determination is primarily based on the current link density of the page and the maximum number of links setting you configured in Associates Central. If the content has changed and enough time has not lapsed for our systems to re-process your page for the new content, it will fail to link the phrases on your pages.

5. I installed the javascript on my Blogger blog, but it does not work.

The preferred way of adding the Context Links Beta javascript to your Blogger blog is to add a new "Page Element" from the Layout page, selecting a "HTML/Javascript" component.
If you edit the HTML of your template and place the Context Links javascript, Blogger sometimes strips off the javascript that appears inside the comments tag. If you are very keen on installing it this way, please remove the comments tags from the Context Links javascript (remove "<!--" from the start and "-->" from the end).

6. Context Links do not show up on IE, but they work fine on Firefox.

We have corrected this issue. Thanks to everyone that helped!
If you still face any issues regarding this, please report it via an email to associates-beta AT amazon.com along with the URL where you see the problem.

7. How do I select what content should be considered for automatic linking? I tried the include and exclude tags, but they don't seem to work.

First, let us tell you about inclusion and exclusion markers that allow you to control what parts of your pages will be eligible for automatic linking.
Our inclusion markers will allow you to specify exactly which portion of content on your page should be available for automatic linking by Context Links. You would place the inclusion markers as follows:

<!--Amazon_CLS_IM_START-->
Content available for Context Links here
<!--Amazon_CLS_IM_END-->

In other words, if you use inclusion markers in your page, links will be created in the content only between these markers.

Our exclusion markers will allow you to specify exactly which portion of content on your page should not be available for automatic linking by Context Links. You would place the exclusion markers as follows:

<!--Amazon_CLS_EM_START-->
Content available for Context Links here
<!--Amazon_CLS_EM_END-->

In other words, if you use exclusion markers in your page, links will be created in the content only outside of these markers.

Please note that markers are optional. If no markers are specified, Context Links will consider the whole content of the frame in which it is enabled. Also, please avoid using both exclusion and inclusion markers on the same page.

If you previously used the Context Links Beta and later added nclusion or exclusion markers, you have in effect changed the content of your page. Please wait for our systems to re-process your page to determine that you have added any of these tags.

8. The keywords or products linked by Context Links Beta are not relevant to my page.

Context Links is in Beta and we are working constantly to improve the tool's quality. If you have specific complaints, please send them in detail to associates AT amazon.com. We appreciate the time and effort you take to send us feedback and help us provide better products for all our Associates.

-Jeetu, Associates Software Development Engineer
-Sean, Associates Product Marketing Manager

[Christopher Pine]

I don't see any adds...

[Mark Patoka]

I don't see any adds...

I haven't seen any ads either. If you log out there is now an Amazon banner ad at the top of the page. I'm assuming the ads are currently for those who are not Contributors or don't log in. Makes that $6 donation seem even better.

[Rick Huelsbeck]

What if you knew for $6.00 you would not have to see the ads, become a contributor and well problem solved Just an idea.