Amazon Context Links - A Waste of Time

I’ve been an Amazon affiliate (or rather Amazon Associate as they like to call us) for nearly three years and I’ve done no more than “ok” out of it. However one type of link available - context links - have proven to be a massive waste of time.

I’ve earned £0.86p.

It’s not hard to see why; currently my Are Long URLs Bad For SEO? blog entry is showing a context link for the John C. in John C. Dvorak. It pops up a suggestion for Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Collection - Series 1 To 5. Very useful.

So if you’re thinking of becoming an Amazon Associate, I’d steer cleer of the context links.