News!! Blogger / Amazon Integration Is Finished - What Are Our Options Now?

This article is an update close the interaction between Blogger in addition to Amazon, in addition to what options Blogger users conduct keep instead.

Blogger in addition to Amazon working together ...

In Dec 2009, Blogger announced integration amongst Amazon (which was genuinely only integration amongst Amazon.com).

At the time, at that spot were hints that this was exclusively the kickoff of many novel money-making  options in addition to programmes for Bloggers.

These features were added to Blogger to back upward the integration:

• Ability to sign up for Amazon.com on the Monetize tab
• Existing Amazon.com users link their Blogger in addition to Amazon concern human relationship on the Monetize tab
• A tick-box on the Monetize tab that permit "amazon-integrated" bloggers plow on the Amazon-product-preview  without having to install the code
• Amazon Product Finder (APF) - a gadget that bloggers could role inward the the Post Editor, to brand a link to a production from Amazon.com without leaving the Post Editor screen
• A hit of gadgets from Amazon were added to the listing  in Add a Gadget 

... but non whatever more?

For months, at that spot conduct keep been complaints inward Blogger-help-forum that existing Amazon.com associates couldn't  link their Blogger and Amazon.com Amazon.com accounts on the Monetize tab whatever more: the business office only returned an error, or appeared to work, but didn't genuinely storing the connection.

Now, amongst the unloosen of Blogger's novel interface, the Monetize tab has been renamed Earnings.  There's no get upward of Amazon on it, in addition to no sign of the Amazon Product Finder (APF) inward the Post-editor.   And at that spot are reports inward Blogger-help-forum that people who had APF turned on inward "old blogger" uncovering that it's gone inward the novel interface - in addition to is broken fifty-fifty if they switch dorsum to the sometime interface.

On the Amazon.com site their official Amazon-Associates weblog is forthwith made amongst TypePad.   I know that I of late saw instructions close putting things (widgets?) into Blogger, that that these commented that blogger has a novel look.   However the educational activity were all the same based on the sometime interface.   And today, I can't uncovering them at all.

There has been zilch said (that I've seen anyway) past times either company.  But I intend it's prophylactic to assume that the Blogger / Amazon integration has been abandoned.

Why Did This Happen

My guess is that at that spot are 2 big issues.

Firstly, Amazon.com is a lot to a greater extent than than only a bookseller:  Google in addition to Amazon are competitors inward approximately areas (eg document storage), in addition to then there's fountain to endure approximately friction, fifty-fifty though they managed to concord a compromise inward 2009.   And maybe that compromise wasn't profitable plenty for either of them.

Second, in addition to maybe to a greater extent than importantly, at that spot is an internationalisation issue.

Blogger is a multi-lingual, multi-country platform:  different languages in addition to cultures are catered for inside the same platform in addition to bailiwick to the same damage in addition to conditions.  Blogger users all alive amongst the same rules, that are based on American constabulary (eg the 13-year historic menstruum limit, which is most in all likelihood based on America Children's Online Privacy Protection Act).

Amazon, on the other hand, conduct keep dissimilar platforms for dissimilar countries (even amazon.ca for Canada, vs amazon.com for the USA+rest of the world).   This is understandable, because countries conduct keep  vastly dissimilar laws close on-line selling in addition to taxes, in addition to then Amazon's rules postulate to endure quite dissimilar inward dissimilar places.  Even inward the European Union,  we encounter regular updates to the damage in addition to atmospheric condition that basically amount to the improver of novel countries/languages - Amazon.es (for Spain) was the latest 1 - in addition to these come upward amongst pocket-size rule-tweaks too.  These big differences hateful that integration amongst a multi-national production similar Blogger is non easy:   at that spot would endure lots of on-going issues amongst making the sites operate good together.

My guess is that these 2 factors combined conduct keep killed off the integration.

What tin bloggers practise instead

You tin all the same sign yourself up for make the links to products in addition to Amazon-widgets yourself.   Personally, I intend this improve anyway, because it gives y'all control ove the hold off in addition to feel (colours, backgrounds, tracking-IDs) used on the ads, in addition to choices close where to install the HTML on your blog.

There is no alternative for the Amazon Product Finder gadget - except opening Amazon inward a dissimilar tab, in addition to making the links at that spot equally y'all postulate them.  It's fiddling flake to a greater extent than operate - but exclusively just.

There are all the same Amazon.com gadgets inward the Add a Gadget list  (from Dashboard > Layout) - y'all tin uncovering them nether the features tab.

For forthwith at least, it looks similar Blogger's monetize tab is express to AdSense , in addition to it is a money-making alternative that y'all tin sign upward for from inside Blogger.  (Even though at that spot are a few vital extra steps that y'all should take, fifty-fifty though Blogger hasn't told y'all close them, similar blocking sure enough ad-categories, in addition to stopping malicious role of your AdSense ID).

And at that spot are, of course, many other advertisting programmes and affiliate programmes that y'all tin consider if AdSense doesn't operate for your blog.

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