Amazon Omakase Contextual Links
Filed in: Affiliate Programs, Make Money Online — September 5th, 2006Have you tried Amazon.com aStore? Actually, Amazon.com launched another new product before it — Omakase Links, which creates Amazon product links based on your contents. Omakase is the Japanese word meaning “entrust” or “protect”.
Amazon.com Omakase Links setup is very flexible
Creating Omakase Links is very easy. The setup panel is very flexible and easy to use. One of the template style that does not find in other Amazon.com associate banners is that you can hide Amazon.com logo in the Omakase ad, which I believe will greatly increase click through rate(CTR).
Can I use Omakase links with AdSense?
Amazon.com does not mind you use Omakase Links with other advertisements such as Google AdSense. However, Google AdSense team told me that Omakase links is not permit to display on the same page as AdSense ads. So, we cannot use Omakase links with Google AdSense ads.
Other websites say Omakase links is allowed with AdSense ads? You might get the information from other websites that Omakase Links are allowed with AdSense ads. Google AdSense team does not seeem to have a single decision about Omakase Links.
I still do not think you should take the risk. When AdSense has two different answers, take the “No” as your answer. Or, write an email to Google AdSense team to get your answer. Remember, “Better safe than sorry”.
Omakase Links is not relevant?
I read somewhere where Amazon.com associates complain that Omakase Links are not relevant to the content, eventhough they are contextual links.
Have you try Omakase Links? Tell us what you think.
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September 6th, 2006 at 9:55 am
Well even AdSense ads can sometimes be irrelevant to the content
September 6th, 2006 at 11:01 am
best web.good tips.
September 6th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
I am using Omakase on one of my websites, the products are most of the time irrelevant with the post.
- MENJ
September 6th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
mmm.. it use useless if the products are irrelevant with the content.
September 7th, 2006 at 1:19 am
I just wander what will be the REAL FINAL verdict of the adsense Team??
Please anyone who knows….please do inform…really appreciate it
September 7th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Zaki, what do u meant by Real Final verdict??? Can’t get you…
September 7th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Ya.. I have used this service in my blog.. is nice~!
September 8th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Yeah products are irrelevant but strangely some people are purchasing items from the site
- MENJ
November 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 am
Lets get this straight - when you wrote in the post: “Omakase Links, which creates Amazon product links based on your contents.” - this is just not correct - what Amazon says is: “Omakase links will show an Associate’s visitors what they’re most likely to buy based on Amazon’s unique understanding of the site, the user, and the page itself” (see http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_is_the_amazon_omakase_links_program.html - so Amazon uses more than just page contents - it uses knowledge about what the website has sold as well as who is looking at the page to pick ads. This means ads aren’t always about the page itself and explains why ads appear to be off context, but sell well.
Speaking of relevant - when I came to this page - the ads from Google were all for Brazillian river cruises / holidays (”Up to 75% off Amazon River cruises.” etc) - comic, but a long long way off the mark from what this page is about.
Woody.
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
I find the best way to get Omakase to display relevant ads is to use the advanced set up options and be very specific with keywords (you get 5).
If I want a very specific product type I’ll go through the amazon catalogue and put in the actual names of 5 of those products in the keyword box.
February 12th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I’ve just added Omakase links to my website. Time will show if they yield more Associate income.
My experience from seeing them on other sites is that they’re almost totally driven by what the user been viewing at Amazon and little or nothing to do with the content of the displayed website. Even very, very obscure books I’d been checking out, books having nothing to do with the current site, pop up.
Amazon’s probably right that such a reminder may maximize sales, but I shudder to think some of the titles that may start popping up, giving the appearance of being on my web page.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:16 am
[...] will look at your website and find related Amazon products, and links should how up. Unfortunately, Google doesn’t seem to allow it be displayed along with Adsense links. I pretty much can’t use it on this site. Perhaps I’ll [...]
July 9th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I tested Omakase links on a blog about collecting fine pens. Amazon used to show ads about some Microsoft books about server security, etc. Strangely enough, I had several items sold with commisions less than $7 in total. What people purchased had nothing to do with pens!