how does it work? normal words "with high potential" in a post get automatically linked to a merchant's offerings? If so, no thanks (at least not for me).
Nope. The blogger is getting 3 choices in their Settings pages where they specify the keywords they want to link to:
1) Brand names like Apple, Best Buy, etc.
2) Product names like Dell Laptop, etc.
3) Generic names like Indian flights.
Linking is going to occur automatically depending on the selection (this is an upcoming feature). We don't have keywords that are too generic to avoid the spammy look.
This is taking some time but we're also working on relating the keywords to the overall context of the post so only the relevant keywords are linked.
so, if I write "apple", no link, and if I write "Apple"... what do you link? Apple.com, the homepage?
And what about "Dell laptop", where will that take to? A page on Dell's site where they talk about all their laptops (and not other products they sell)? Not an easy task.
It would have to be Apple.com and for Dell laptop, it'd take them to search results showing the dell computers in stock or the specific model if specified. It's not easy but increases conversions and we're almost ready to roll it out.
