Blatti.net + Amazon.com = Blattizon.org?
While working on a new Wordpress Plugin (which will be available soon, BTW) I became an Amazon Associate. Basically, this means that I will reap pennies upon pennies of profit from clicks that end in purchases from amazon.com.
So if you are planning to buy something from amazon anyway, look for it using the search box in the right column over there. It looks something like this:
As far as the yet-to-be-named WP Plugin is concerned, it is a chopped up version of Nick Leeper’s WP iTunes. Combined with iTunesBlogger, the blog author’s recently played itunes can be displayed on their WP blog. Cover art is pulled from the amazon.com database, and clicking the art for each item will open the itunes store on the user’s computer, directing them to the specific song. Pretty Neat.
In my modified version, instead of opening iTunes, a window is opened to the amazon.com page for the album. In the case where the album name is unknown, an amazon search page is opened, searching the music divison of amazon by the artist name. These pages include a refrence to the blog owner’s amazon assoicate id, so they will get credit for the sale. In addition, the price of any known album is pulled form the XML and displayed. It should have a name and a release soon. Any name suggestions?
March 2nd, 2006 at 6:11 pm
I have it up and running over on the right. It really needs some code cleanup before I release it. I was thinking of calling it iAmaWoP for i(Tunes)Ama(zon)Wo(rd)P(ress).
March 3rd, 2006 at 10:19 am
I don’t think anyone will come up with something better than that. I’d like to recommend you nix the google ads. I don’t know if you’re actually getting money for that, but it looks ugly as hell.
March 3rd, 2006 at 11:00 am
Google ads have brought in $6 so far, so I have to keep them. I’ll see what I can do to pretty them up. I was thinking of putting them at the top of each post instead of in the sidebar. I can also mess with the color scheme.
August 24th, 2006 at 11:45 am
since i was wondering what happened to the site, i decided to check, since i have not received any emails about any updates. a few things i noticed…
1. the slick new interface is in place…nice.
2. there really hasn’t been an update since march. come on, lots of stuff happening, you can’t bring your liquid g onto flights anymore, osama bin laden wanted to have bobby brown killed so he could have whitney houston all to himself (picture that reality show), beyonce’s new album name which looks a lot to me like what crocodile dundee described as “it’s for washin’ your backside”.
3. most importanly, the link to my site is gone, seemingly replaced by a link to none other than gabe’s site!? aren’t motorcylces and stem cells almost as interesting as the slowly growing maentz brood?