The Ultimate Amazon Thread Mark 2 - Q/A - Good/Bad

[Danny1111]

With those tools Zenno + Ubot - there are extensive tutorials on YouTube -- so that should be the first place to start.

Zenno I don't own it so I'm not much help as to how the steps go but for example on UBOT

if I want to automate account creation

I go to the page and right click each field or select each check box and right click and make a selection as to what I want to input

and so it goes on until the action you want to take is completed. There are alot of functions it can do to post/upload etc
so it is very handy.

Obviously its not something you will learn in 5 minutes but once you get the hang of it - you will be making alot of bots for everyday use.

Again - I'd suggest YouTube for help or to see what these softwares can do rather than me just typing in here.

 

[dikkill]

Got a question for you Danny.You use Wp Nofollow Post for the amount of external affiliate links from a single page?I know if you are linking out allot of links from a single post something bad will happen.Or i might be mistaking.

 

[Danny1111]

that's what I do No Follow the Amazon Links .. all my posts have a button and text links.

you can also buy other plugins - where you can specify the keyword and what affiliate link you want to use -- and it will replace those in the posts ... that maybe handy in some cases... it allows you to nofollow the links it creates -- you can get on WF

there are actually alot of products for this type of thing to choose from.

if you read BHW alot of people discuss how many links on a page or site linking to external and whether that affects your rankings -- all I can tell you from my experience is that this is not a black or white situation .... If you have great user experience and content you can get away with more than you can with crap.

I say that because with FSB - after a while Google just sees straight through those sites and you just can't get enough out ... with autoblogs after a while you just stop expanding traffic wise - seems Google knows your content and plugins operate that way.

But when you move to this more quality strategy - you don't seem to get targeted in the same manner and the Sites can perform for long periods of time .... so I think its the higher quality site structure/user experience and obviously better content.

my 2 cents.

 

[ThreadKiller]

This really is the thread that never dies.

So Danny, how is it going for you? Still increasing or stabilized in income? You adding to your stable of sites?

I haven't done this thing whole-heartedly, cause I have been doing some other things also. In my short experience I have noticed that using review+of+product key-phrase is too tough to target. It is very hard to outrank the first 1-2 pages, since Amazon and other shopping sites are very strong in review+product serps.

Would love to hear some more stories from all here about what type of keywords you have targeted.

 

[Danny1111]

Beating Amazon is no Problem in most cases

searched a standard portable generator keyword .. this Site is number 2 - Amazon is number 9

http://www.portablegenerator-reviews.org/

I think in most cases people following this thread would be able to make equal or superior sites.

Cheers

 

[chargespeed]

Hey danny,

The first two sites I created back in march are doing well and are on page one for their keyword and they are finally bringing home the bacon. So at this point when you have a successful site or (still growing but successful site), how often do you post an article or review to them? Once a month? weekly?

Thank You and I am glad I decided to follow and be a part of this thread! Now its time to rinse and repeat.

Final stats for July

 

[Danny1111]

I use smaller sites - so I would get 5 or 6 articles and add 1 every 4-6 weeks -- I'm not looking to build too big of a site - just to let Google know that I do update my site - and my content is based on similar keywords.

If the site gets alot of Sales going forward - I would add another Site targeting similar keywords -- because you know that niche makes money and won't waste your time in other areas not as profitable.

Should your feelings be different than mine - by all means pursue those -- there's no point us all doing the same thing/approach.

 

[chargespeed]

Thanks. Sounds like a solid plan. When I did my keyword research I did jot down a few extra keywords for each site that were similar just in case the site did well so I have those all ready to go when I do make more sites.

 

[YellowBoi]

whats your take on domain privacy? should i get privacy for each domain i acquire. thoughts?

Gotta chip in here.

Personally, I wouldn't use any domain privacy on a money site. Your're setting up an legitimate affiliate site providing genuine reviews to a consumer, so why would you need one? if I was a computer savvy consumer and landed on your site and checked out your whois and it was set to private, I would have second thoughts about continuing. It all comes down to credibility, mr transparent affiliate marketer vs mr no-name affiliate marketer, who would you choose?

BUT.....as Danny said, it's up to you and these are merely my thoughts.

Good thread by the way Danny.

 

[Danny1111]

Yeah - I know what your saying - my thinking is I operate a business with my own sites and client sites -- so I don't want people to be able to easily find my clients blogs and contact them etc.

But if your building your own brand and want your name out there - then yeah your 100% right it wouldn't make sense to buy privacy.

It's one of those things to decide for yourself.

 

[mikeyyy996]

hi, so i just finished my 1st site and i noticed i got like 32 clicks for the products on amazon. my question is how do i know if im using a 24hr cookie or not? is it by default? i just want to make sure i did everything right. let me know if im missing anything or if i should check. i basically just set up an azon affliate account and found products through there and posted on site

 

[StirlingMedia]

Just got my first 2 sales for my first Amazon site...one of them being a $1000+ product. Delighted

It's moved up to 7th position in Google for *product* reviews with just a handful of backlinks from my PBN.

 

[Danny1111]

24 is default - the other longer cookie requires extra actions by the buyer - good or bad is up to you.

The reality is that - if you pick good keywords -- great content and average Seo will get you to Page 1

if you pick hard keywords - then its a slog

the issue is how much traffic filters down and how does it convert to Sales.

This is why I always look to sell $100 + items and prefer $500 + items - this is fine for me with lots of sites because my commission rate still rises ... but its a problem with 1 Site as your commission rate is low .. anyway you have to figure this kind of stuff out and make it work for you.

 

[Danny1111]

I had a question on PlugIns and I have discussed this before.

When you install PlugIns on Your Site - You Need To Go Into Options and Check What You Can Do With It.

A Good example is the search engine tagging plugin - if you leave it on its own - it will add hundreds of tags over time and put up a huge red flag to Google that your trying to over optimize your site ... but you can limit it to 5 or whatever you want -- but it takes a little work.

Same goes for every plug in really - alot of them can be very helpful -- > but if you don't understand what they are doing then you have to realize they can also damage your site - by doing too much.

I'm sure most people will get where I'm coming from here : so take a little time with each one you use and try to use settings that make sense.

 

[Danny1111]

You might notice I'm updating thread a little less : its just because I'm getting ready to move countries - so I have a little less time to spend on BHW at the moment ... but if you guys can just update each other how its going - and what's working for you and what's not -- I'm sure everyone would appreciate the feedback.... thank you.

 

[mikeyyy996]

Just got my first 2 sales for my first Amazon site...one of them being a $1000+ product. Delighted

It's moved up to 7th position in Google for *product* reviews with just a handful of backlinks from my PBN.

how do you create a PBN? i was thinking of doing my own. let me know. thanks

 

[GoForJacob]

I say that because with FSB - after a while Google just sees straight through those sites and you just can't get enough out ... with autoblogs after a while you just stop expanding traffic wise - seems Google knows your content and plugins operate that way.

I'm actually building a full-blown online men's retail destination, not through FSB, but a custom solution. All products have custom product names, descriptions and pictures with alt tags that contain the keywords I'm optimizing for (still pertinent to the original to not void Amazon's TOS). But there's also a blog and a style guide.

Will I still run into that Google wall with custom descriptions, names and a blog?

 

[Danny1111]

I'm not sure a full blown Store type Site - based on Amazon Affiliate Links can be successful for the Long Term.

I know you mention there would be pretty heavy customization and some content put in there as well .. I'm not convinced though.

Reviews/Articles etc being more content based - have shown to be a much better bet in the short term and the long term.

Sucks to say this - but I think the only way a Store Based Site works is if your selling your own products.

 

[GoForJacob]

I'm not sure a full blown Store type Site - based on Amazon Affiliate Links can be successful for the Long Term.

I know you mention there would be pretty heavy customization and some content put in there as well .. I'm not convinced though.

Reviews/Articles etc being more content based - have shown to be a much better bet in the short term and the long term.

Sucks to say this - but I think the only way a Store Based Site works is if your selling your own products.

That's what I was worried about. Then again, it's gaining some interest among it's target niche through my personal Instagram and things like that. As long as it turns enough of a profit to purchase real inventory, I'm fine with the model not last for too long.

Thanks for the input.

 

[izo4ever]

Hi Danny,

Firstly sorry for my bad english.

I have follow your instructions. Just 1 question.
What is your recommend Paid Press Release?
I saw Paid Press Release are very expensive for a start-up like me.