Comments on: AmazonSense? http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amazonsense Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Joe Hunkins http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17309 Joe Hunkins Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:02:04 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17309 <p>Grrrreat! There is a LOT of room at the table, and money ON the table, for more players. I simply have been floored by how long it has taken for serious competition to Google to materialize in the contextual ad space. </p> <p>Now that it's finally (sort of) happening I also don't understand why Google watchers aren't worried about future earnings, let along earnings *growth*.</p> <p>Wanna steal a chunk of the search market? Start offering money to USERS for using your search tools to research and then purchase products they are going to buy. </p> Grrrreat! There is a LOT of room at the table, and money ON the table, for more players. I simply have been floored by how long it has taken for serious competition to Google to materialize in the contextual ad space.

Now that it’s finally (sort of) happening I also don’t understand why Google watchers aren’t worried about future earnings, let along earnings *growth*.

Wanna steal a chunk of the search market? Start offering money to USERS for using your search tools to research and then purchase products they are going to buy.

]]> By: Andrien Zanier http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17308 Andrien Zanier Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:51:13 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17308 <p>Hi John, great note there! Sounds like the boys at the forest/jungle, kosmix and snap are trying (stumbling) to catch up on stagnated time. I found a double word on one of the last lines that goes "your content for for products to serve" on this post, might wanna check that out. Congrats on your book, "A Busca" in my home country of Brazil! Parabéns!</p> Hi John, great note there! Sounds like the boys at the forest/jungle, kosmix and snap are trying (stumbling) to catch up on stagnated time. I found a double word on one of the last lines that goes “your content for for products to serve” on this post, might wanna check that out. Congrats on your book, “A Busca” in my home country of Brazil! Parabéns!

]]> By: Gopi http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17307 Gopi Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:07:51 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17307 <p>An up start ppc network can never attract the CPC's google and yahoo are enjoying, i am not sure how amazon can offer competitve CPC's for publishers even if they have a 100% rev share?</p> An up start ppc network can never attract the CPC’s google and yahoo are enjoying, i am not sure how amazon can offer competitve CPC’s for publishers even if they have a 100% rev share?

]]> By: LJ http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17306 LJ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:39:10 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17306 <p>Must read article on Zacarias Moussaoui:</p> <p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183910,00.html" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183910,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183910,00.html</a><br /> </p> Must read article on Zacarias Moussaoui:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183910,00.html

]]> By: Justin Oberman http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17305 Justin Oberman Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:23:30 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2006/02/amazonsense.php#comment-17305 <p>Yeah. I noticed that too. I had google adsense ads for books about mobile technology on my mobile technology weblog. But sometimes these adds showed inventory for phones.</p> <p>At least you were asked about it.</p> <p>I contacted them about this and this is what I got in reply</p> <p>Greetings from Amazon.com Associates.</p> <p>We are currently running a test with some Recommends links. While we <br /> are running the test, 50% of the time the links will show products <br /> based on the Associate's category and keyword, and 50% of the time <br /> it will show products related to the content of the Web page.</p> <p>If you want to be removed from this test, please use the link below <br /> to let us know.</p> <p>As always, please feel free to contact us should you have future<br /> questions or comments, and thanks for your continued interest in the<br /> Associates Program.</p> <p>Please visit the following link to provide the information we <br /> requested:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/rsvp-mi?c=rytybqdr3482912854&q=has0" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/rsvp-mi?c=rytybqdr3482912854&q=has0</a></p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Sunnie<br /> Amazon.com Associates Program<br /> </p> Yeah. I noticed that too. I had google adsense ads for books about mobile technology on my mobile technology weblog. But sometimes these adds showed inventory for phones.

At least you were asked about it.

I contacted them about this and this is what I got in reply

Greetings from Amazon.com Associates.

We are currently running a test with some Recommends links. While we
are running the test, 50% of the time the links will show products
based on the Associate’s category and keyword, and 50% of the time
it will show products related to the content of the Web page.

If you want to be removed from this test, please use the link below
to let us know.

As always, please feel free to contact us should you have future
questions or comments, and thanks for your continued interest in the
Associates Program.

Please visit the following link to provide the information we
requested:

http://www.amazon.com/rsvp-mi?c=rytybqdr3482912854&q=has0

Best regards,

Sunnie
Amazon.com Associates Program

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