Making Money From Amazon Affiliates

Making Money As an Amazon Affiliate

As this article will explain, I have made some money from Amazon Affiliates from this blog, because I keep posting in it, and I put relevant product links in the post such as books on SEO.

So far, I have only made ten dollars from Amazon Affiliates, and I'm a long way off the $100 I need before they send me a check with my money, but I mainly use this blog for SEO purposes to make back links to my articles, so it doesn't bother me too much that it will take a while before the money comes in, because I'm getting paid from Factoidz, my main article writing site.

For example, I made about $100 last month on Factoidz, compared to the less than $10 I got from Amazon, and as soon as I published the article above, I got an activity bonus of $2.80, and continue to get paid around $5 per thousand views on the page.

I know that it takes a lot of skill to target the right sort of customers who already want to buy that particular product, but from what I've heard, 99% of all Amazon and Clickbank affiliates don't ever sell enough to get their first payout.

I guess I'll probably get paid eventually, only because I'm incredibly persistent, and it isn't actually the main focus of why I'm writing this blog. I write on SEO Articles to make back links to my articles, drive extra traffic, possibly pick up a job or gig in the SEO business, and even pick up referrals for Factoidz.

The small amount of money I make from Amazon affiliates is really only a bonus, and that's why I continue to write in this blog with Amazon ads, also because I lost my Google Adsense account, so it's either that, or nothing.

My Experience With the Apple iPad

I bought an iPad about a year ago, and this article is about my experience with the iPad, and the limitations it has, and the good points as well. An unbiased review based on what I have been able to do with it.

I have really enjoyed using my iPad to surf the net, and make artwork like the photo above. I did that one on a free app called Doodle Buddy, and then I messed around with it a little in iPhoto.

I like playing free games like chess, poker, and checkers, but most of all, I like the fact I can download free movies and tv shows onto it, and watch and listen to it wherever I go.

I wrote an article about how to do that if you're interested, and it will show you not only how to download video (like You Tube), straight off your computer screen, but get free movies, tv shows, and more, and convert the files for free using a free software download called Prism.


The article I wrote on Factoidz is: Watch Free Movies and TV Shows on an iPad, and it gives you a huge amount of knowledge about how to download almost anything like free porn straight off your screen, music, movies, TV shows, and even software that would usually cost a lot of money, and convert it to a file compatible with your Mac, iTunes, and your iPad or iPhone.

They have already come out with the iPad 2, so that might be the better one to get, as I'm sure it corrects a few problems that existed with the first one, like the fact it wouldn't play flash videos.

There are some limitations with an iPad, but then we are still in the early stages of tablet computers, and if you have the money to get one of these things, they are an awesome little toy to surf the net on.

I often write posts in this blog on my iPad, and it works really well on Blogger, maybe not so well on some of the other sites I write articles for, but most sites are compatible.

This post didn't really have anything to do with SEO and articles, but I had to make a back link to that article, and I wanted to try and sell an iPad, as I've just started making some money as an Amazon affiliate.

Decreasing Your Bounce Rate

The bounce rate is an SEO term used to describe the amount of visitors to an article or site that leave almost straight away.

Since the recent Google farmer algorithm update (2011), the bounce rate has become more important, as it indicates whether the page is of high quality, keeps the visitor reading, and answers their question.

Google places importance on how long they stay on the page, whether they go back to the search results and click on another page, go further into the website, and whether they click on an ad.

I'm pretty sure that Google likes to see Google Adsense ads on the page, although all of these algorithms are just one small part of the big picture.

The only real way to decrease your the bounce rate of your pages is to write an article that answers a question, but not straight away, and that brings up new questions, and provides links on the same domain for people to find out more.

For example, I have just told you how decrease your bounce rate by keeping people reading, but you may be interested in reading more about how to improve the SEO of your articles, or in hiring some really affordable SEO services, so please take a look at some of the other posts on this blog to learn other ways to get a better Google rating.