tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9231351.post-2809617333432368502008-03-11T12:37:00.012-04:002008-03-12T13:03:31.161-04:00<a href="http://www.integr-8.com/besidethecursor/uploaded_images/contextlinks_stamp-779106.png"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://www.integr-8.com/besidethecursor/uploaded_images/contextlinks_stamp-779097.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>As I alluded to in my comments on last weeks <a href="http://http//www.integr-8.com/besidethecursor/2008/03/besidethecursor-reloadedcoming-soon.html">"Sneak" Preview post</a>, watch out how you configure <a href="https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/002-2795751-6849666">Amazon's Contextual Links </a>widget on your website or blog. I added contextual links long ago and found out recently how <strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">out of context</span></em></strong> they can be! Watch <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1998891161021625116&hl=en">the video</a> below to see what I went through and how I resolved it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Apparently, Amazon isn't the only one who has not properly provided oversight for their "context links". I understand, via <a href="http://tech-tea.com/">Mike Perry</a>, that other ad generators <a href="http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/03/04/seomoz-whiteboard-at-smx-on-monetizing-blogs/">have a similar problem</a>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><object width="420" height="350" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-22040ad0e4e7415f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqgAAAO3T1daHheEeH3ZcEQIwEb__c68z8Th0-KL0N4UCBKYgtdUBr5ZlKh5NyT_HonX6_9pOv4IHojLY8CmpQ82amedaM7_OB7MgWfcE8AI1_UtWtBZ9kM7fFgzQu_elMfTLOD6c_4Se3YFgbpT-HDDOAzLSsWMbVNUtG74A1UuB3ATWdMtGvCLMiaSyutxURMeayP6NkB7ilOKcR0QWIVcCOWMcbIPWpF5NO5uGi4rb8oXR%26sigh%3DYgGX7n9A8WOxWmUisBfczvMT0Go%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&amp;nogvlm=1&amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D22040ad0e4e7415f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DPE8L5xjr7N9hY7NCzY-fZcrRiZM&amp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <embed width="420" height="350" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqgAAAO3T1daHheEeH3ZcEQIwEb__c68z8Th0-KL0N4UCBKYgtdUBr5ZlKh5NyT_HonX6_9pOv4IHojLY8CmpQ82amedaM7_OB7MgWfcE8AI1_UtWtBZ9kM7fFgzQu_elMfTLOD6c_4Se3YFgbpT-HDDOAzLSsWMbVNUtG74A1UuB3ATWdMtGvCLMiaSyutxURMeayP6NkB7ilOKcR0QWIVcCOWMcbIPWpF5NO5uGi4rb8oXR%26sigh%3DYgGX7n9A8WOxWmUisBfczvMT0Go%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&amp;nogvlm=1&amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D22040ad0e4e7415f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DPE8L5xjr7N9hY7NCzY-fZcrRiZM&amp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> Richard Binningnoreply@blogger.com