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		<title>Testing Amazon Affiliate plugins for WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everything]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many amazon related plugins &#8211; as a result, my testing was pretty brief.
Some notes:
Amazon Associate Filter &#8211; nothing happens
Amazon Book Picture from ASIN &#8211; just creates images from ASIN , uses shortcodes
Amazon Carousel(*) &#8211; flash, uses shortcodes, cool, lots of options, easy to use
Amazon Context Links Ads &#8211; does nothing
Amazon Machine Tags [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are so many amazon related plugins &#8211; as a result, my testing was pretty brief.</p>
<p><strong>Some notes:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-associate-filter/">Amazon Associate Filter</a> &#8211; nothing happens</p>
<p><a href="http://narcanti.keyboardsamurais.de/amazon-book-picture.html">Amazon Book Picture from ASIN</a> &#8211; just creates images from ASIN , uses shortcodes</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-amazon-carousel/">Amazon Carousel</a>(*) &#8211; flash, uses shortcodes, cool, lots of options, easy to use</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-context-link-ads/">Amazon Context Links Ads</a> &#8211; does nothing</p>
<p><a href="http://learningtheworld.eu/2009/amazon-authorization/">Amazon Machine Tags</a> &#8211; complicated, uses shortcodes, requires an AWS key</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-amazon-mp3-widget/">Amazon MP3 Clips widget</a>(*) &#8211; cool, flash 9.0.45 or above required, shortcodes, lots of options</p>
<p><a href="http://geeklad.com/build-your-own-amazon-niche-store">Amazon Niche Store</a>(*) &#8211; shortcodes, lots of options, 10% of the time is plugin author&#8217;s Amazon affiliate ID, plugin author linkback, widget included</p>
<p><a href="http://www.proactivewebdesign.co.uk/wordpress/amazon-product-ads">Amazon Product Ads</a>(*) &#8211; widget only, displays 1 item only, self-optimizing (auto) setting</p>
<p><a href="http://nickohrn.com/amazon-reloaded-for-wordpress">Amazon Reloaded for WordPress</a> &#8211; adds setting to post page but ajax not working</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-search/">Amazon Search</a> &#8211; not working, error: MissingParameter / Signature, widget and shortcode links only</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aaronforgue.com/projects/amazon-showcase/">Amazon Showcase</a> &#8211; Access Identifiers required (AWS keys?)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ichdigital.de/AmazonSimpleAdmin">AmazonSimpleAdmin</a> &#8211; Access Identifiers required (AWS keys?)</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-smartlinks/">Amazon SmartLinks Widget</a> &#8211; many widget, working pretty well, looks nice</p>
<p><a href="http://case.oncle-tom.net/code/wordpress/">Amazon Widgets Shortcodes</a>(*) &#8211; cool, lots of shortcodes, adds section to post page, conflicts with Amazon Niche Store plugin resulting in no output, must know exact widget ID</p>
<p><a href="http://www.keralpatel.com/amazon-plugin-by-keral-patel/">Keral Patel Amazon Wordpress Plugin</a> &#8211; requires an amazon web services access key</p>
<p><em>(*) i liked, but needs further testing</em></p>
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