Okay, the new features are:
(1) Context Links.
Context Links are for people looking for an easy way to generate money from the content they write. Bloggers, review sites, and people that have archived pages that are currently not monetized are excellent candidates for Context Links.
Context Links automatically identify and link relevant phrases within your page content to Amazon products, unlocking new ad inventory and saving you the time from having to manually create links. You can add the links to your pages in minutes, and we provide a wealth of options to customize how they are displayed.
(2) Product reviews.
Product Previews are a portal into Amazon.co.uk – directly on your Web site. When users hover over a preview-enhanced link, either a text link or image link, a small window appears containing valuable content and information about the product you're advertising, including an image, new and used price, average customer review and availability.
This links therefore give visitors to your site more information about the Amazon product you merchandise without taking up space on your site. As Product Previews give your visitors the ability to add the item directly to their Amazon.co.uk shopping cart, these links help you keep visitors on your site until they are ready to buy.
So, in Amazon's own words, they are the two new features. My first thoughts aren't too enthusiastic, I'm afraid. I personally don't like blogs and websites where lots of things are underlined and boxes pop up wherever you move your cursor.
What I want to do is simply read what's in a post, without interuption. I'm perfectly capable of clicking on a link, in the normal way, if something interests me. I don't want info on things that are of no interest popping up - this just makes me niggly. Of course, that's me wearing a non money making hat.
For some, the underlined words and information boxes make extra money and, if that's the name of the game, I suppose this is okay. I don't think, however, that I'll be going down that route but, of course, you can never say never in life!
What has interested me more is the fact that it's now possible to have up to 100 Amazon aStores. This means you can tailor these to the niches of several blogs with differing subject matter.
You can see an example of my aStore here.
I may give a few more aStores a try and forget Amazon Context Links and Product Reviews. I feel this could be more productive. Only my opinion - you may well think differently.
Good luck,
Mike.
P.S. Nearly forgot again Big Brother and Charley Uchea! I watched BB last night. Oh dear, oh dear! Charley Uchea doesn't come across as very special. In fact she has difficulty stringing a few sentences together and sounds like some comedy take off. I can see why she's supposedly 8/11 on to be the first housemate evicted. It's all a bit sad actually.
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