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I know two of those people IN PERSON!!!! And I adore them both. :D Great list!

comment by Poppy on 12/30 at 12:04 AM

I don’t see any difference in using Amazon referral links and using contextual advertising, actually.

comment by Avitable on 12/30 at 10:02 AM

Poppy- Your just a very adoring person.

Avitable- Huge difference. You can control exactly what your advertising with Amazon Affiliate links, whereas the other advertising is chosen algorithmically based on the context of the page. Therefore in theory, you could be railing against the evils of pig farmers and earn money from advertising for Jimmy Dean Sausages. Kind of hypocritical, no?

“In each of us two natures are at war… the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, but one of them must conquer. In our own hands lies the power to choose. What we want most to be we are.” – Dr. Henry Jekyll

comment by NYC Watchdog on 12/30 at 10:32 AM

No. You could be linking to a product, but Amazon could also suggest another product that is completely inappropriate, so I think it’s very similar.

comment by Avitable on 12/30 at 10:43 AM

I think that depends on what type of Amazon link you’re using. They offer both contextual widgets and direct links to products. If you are linking to a product, such as a book you read that you liked, and the reader clicks to that book the Amazon recommendations are being done on their site, not your blog and those clearly are not your recommendations.

I agree that using an Amazon contextual widget is similar, but the vast majority of affiliate advertising offer direct to product links.

comment by NYC Watchdog on 12/30 at 10:50 AM

Yay for vaginas!

Please disregard the whiny cry baby e-mail I sent you

LOL

comment by sheila (charm school reject) on 12/30 at 12:20 PM

Great list! Also a few new wonderful reads for me, thanks!

Clicked on ya to follow you through twitter.

Have a super day. Happy New Year.

comment by Chrissi on 12/30 at 02:34 PM

Well, here I was just reading your post (because I love your personal perspective on things), and wow, I happened upon such kind words about moi! From one of my favorite bloggers! December 30, 2008 will go down as one of my most important blogging days ever - I am a brand! This is when the big bucks start rolling in right!?