amazon aws question

when I do a query, it returns a link to the products returned, but the link doesn't seem to be the right link to track things.

from what I've seen on other amazon sites, product links should look like this...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/[ASIN]/[YOUR-TRACKING-NAME]/[RANDOM NUMBERS]

I can fill out the first two myself, but what's the last one? would it track okay without the "random numbers"?

 

The links returned from queries are fine. Links with the "random numbers" included in them were most likely created using "build links". If you follow one of the links from your query you should see the "random numbers" fill in.

 

are you sure links returned from queries work fine? they don't even have the "..-20" name in them.

I get something like this from a query:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?tag=ws&location=/exec/obidos/ASIN/[ASIN-HERE]%3FSubscriptionId=[SUBS-ID-HERE]

but the subs id is just the aws key, not the tracking deal

should I just fill in as much as http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/[ASIN]/[YOUR-TRACKING-NAME]/, then let amazon fill the rest in? do the random numbers serve any purpose?

 

Hmm, my queries return:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/[ASIN]/[tracking id]?dev-t=[Sub id]%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2

Are you passing t=trackingid in your query?

 

nope, and I'm guessing that's why it didn't return it right. thanks, I should be able to get it to work fine from there