I guess Amazon must have canceled my old account -- after all, when the free webhosts started disallowing external ads, I quit placing them, so the account's been dormant for years now -- so I set up a new one earlier today, but I was dismayed to see nothing mentioned regarding blogs anywhere I could find!
Does the Amazon Affiliates program allow bloggers to create their own links for use in blogs on other sites, or can you only place links on your own website? It seems to me Amazon would be shooting themselves in the foot if they don't allow bloggers to take advantage of their advertising program(s), but I know a message to them might never be answered, so I figured I'd post something here (noticably sans links) to see if anyone else had anything to say on this?
I really don't even know if Geocities or any other free host will allow Amazon ads anymore. It got really dicey there for a while; at first, they either advertised to "Set Up Your Site for Free and Start Making Money!" or their TOS was pointedly mute on the subject, but before long, they started locking you out of your site and/or 404-ing it without so much as a warning or courtesy e-mail!
And with some of the scare stories I've read concerning AdSense and their no-nonsense approach to even possible TOS violations, and all the disdain link exchange networking and similar concepts are drawing from the Big Companies, I have to be honest in saying I'm a little concerned about doing anything without double-, then triple-checking, then verifying the source!
I'm a little confused (maybe wary is a better word?) as to how the Amazon Affiliates Program works for bloggers, as well as all of the revenue-garnering programs out there right now.
I use Amazon alongside
I use Amazon alongside adsense no problem, just do not use the contextual banners that amazon are trialling. If you want to make a go of generating money, best to avoid free services as they can cut you off, change their TOS, plaster additional ads, ban ads ...
Thanks so much for the tips!
Thanks so much for the tips! I don't want to sound flaky, but I'm trying to get my feet wet a bit before jumping in headfirst; I'd like to start generating a little side-income specifically to invest in this venture. I definitely want more control over my content and advertising, but I really don't have the seed-money to "go pro" right off the bat. I also need to work on not mixing my metaphors... I don't know the market well enough, which is why I'm starting off slowly. I've only been here 2 days and you guys have already been a great help!
@manodogs: Use the search
@manodogs: Use the search form in the sidebar or check the forum! There are already many valuable and helpful articles in the archive.
Thanks again!
Yes, I am still finding a lot on this site. Like I mentioned, I have been journaling and blogging for many years now, but not on specific blog sites. As it became such a fad so suddenly, I was afraid to put my content on any site that could disappear overnight, not to mention that I had some problems with my content being "hijacked" a few times (reposted on other sites, forums, etc.), so I am just now getting into actual blogging on "blog sites."
You guys have been really helpful and thanks to everyone again!
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