Comments on: Amazon launching product previews (more stuff on the same space) http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/10/amazon-launching-product-previews-more-stuff-on-the-same-space/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thord Hedengren http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/10/amazon-launching-product-previews-more-stuff-on-the-same-space/comment-page-1/#comment-127762 Thord Hedengren Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:15:02 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/10/amazon-launching-product-previews-more-stuff-on-the-same-space/#comment-127762 It's not the matter of teh scripts' runtime that I feel is the problem with putting it on every page, even ones that don't use Amazon ads, but the fact that it will delay loading the page. No matter how long Amazon claims the script to run, the code snippet will still send and receive information from external servers and that makes the page load slower. Granted, lots of people will probably not know the difference, and as long as Amazons' servers are online and stable it's not a problem, but the practice is wrong in my opinion. And yes, the product previews looks nice, giving a simple link or image (se link to my blog for the simplest of solutions in the post above) a nice feature. You can put the script in your post but that is not without problems. The very least is that you'll find yourself with some extra space at the bottom (again, see my post and compare it to any other - more space between post and social bookmarking stuff is due to the scipt not playing nicely with Wordpress posts). It's working, but it isn't very pretty. We'll likely see a plugin that solves this in the near future though, shouldn't be too much of a deal to do really. Just to get things straight: I like this feature, it makes it easier for me to just put up a text link, because when my readers get used to the new feature they can get more information just by hovering the link - and I don't have to put up more ad space for such a simple thing. It’s not the matter of teh scripts’ runtime that I feel is the problem with putting it on every page, even ones that don’t use Amazon ads, but the fact that it will delay loading the page. No matter how long Amazon claims the script to run, the code snippet will still send and receive information from external servers and that makes the page load slower. Granted, lots of people will probably not know the difference, and as long as Amazons’ servers are online and stable it’s not a problem, but the practice is wrong in my opinion.

And yes, the product previews looks nice, giving a simple link or image (se link to my blog for the simplest of solutions in the post above) a nice feature.

You can put the script in your post but that is not without problems. The very least is that you’ll find yourself with some extra space at the bottom (again, see my post and compare it to any other – more space between post and social bookmarking stuff is due to the scipt not playing nicely with WordPress posts). It’s working, but it isn’t very pretty. We’ll likely see a plugin that solves this in the near future though, shouldn’t be too much of a deal to do really.

Just to get things straight: I like this feature, it makes it easier for me to just put up a text link, because when my readers get used to the new feature they can get more information just by hovering the link – and I don’t have to put up more ad space for such a simple thing.

]]> By: Terry Bain http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/10/amazon-launching-product-previews-more-stuff-on-the-same-space/comment-page-1/#comment-127693 Terry Bain Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:41:25 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/10/amazon-launching-product-previews-more-stuff-on-the-same-space/#comment-127693 I've been using the product previews for awhile, starting in early beta (using blogger). Amazon claims that the maximum time it allows the script enhancer to run is 2 seconds... so I'm wondering what exactly the trouble is for putting the javascript in your footer. I understand not wanting javascript to load when it isn't necessary, but there have to be some trade-offs, no? Furthermore, I'm not exactly sure how well the product previews actually work... but they certainly add functionality to my pages, and are generally better designed than most amazon ads. So I use 'em. And I enjoy 'em. I'm also guessing that if you really only want them to appear on linked pages, could you not add a quick javascript snippet to each entry with an amazon link? Maybe a bit cumbersome, but no more so than actually linking an individual product in amazon.com. Onward. And blessings. And I hope you find a good way to do whatever it is you want to do with product previews. If anything. Terry I’ve been using the product previews for awhile, starting in early beta (using blogger). Amazon claims that the maximum time it allows the script enhancer to run is 2 seconds… so I’m wondering what exactly the trouble is for putting the javascript in your footer. I understand not wanting javascript to load when it isn’t necessary, but there have to be some trade-offs, no? Furthermore, I’m not exactly sure how well the product previews actually work… but they certainly add functionality to my pages, and are generally better designed than most amazon ads. So I use ‘em. And I enjoy ‘em.

I’m also guessing that if you really only want them to appear on linked pages, could you not add a quick javascript snippet to each entry with an amazon link? Maybe a bit cumbersome, but no more so than actually linking an individual product in amazon.com.

Onward. And blessings. And I hope you find a good way to do whatever it is you want to do with product previews. If anything.

Terry

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