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Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:10

Hello!

Would anyone have an objection to the forum adding a Beex affiliate link to any un-affiliated Amazon links?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:11

I thik this is a sterling idea.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:11

I would have no objection.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:12

I think that's a superb idea.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:12

Not that I know how I'd do it, mind

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:16

As I am super programmer, i'd copy the coding for the forum into word, then ctrl-H and replace amazon.com with amazon.com/beex and then copy it by pressing ctrl-c and put it on the internet.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:16

What would this do? And more importantly, what does it mean?

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:22

No objection for me. When I've posted links to Amazon before, I've made sure I've not included my own affiliate link in case folk thought I was being cheeky, so I'd be happy for Beex to profit instead.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:25

Which reminds me. Are the films in this collection any good? I've got Burn After Reading and Big Lebowski but haven't seen the other three.

There's a link for you to test on, Grim...

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:30

MaliA wrote:

As I am super programmer, i'd copy the coding for the forum into word, then ctrl-H and replace amazon.com with amazon.com/beex and then copy it by pressing ctrl-c and put it on the internet.

But what about existing affiliate links? Somewhat rude to steal them.

The solution, of course, is our friend Mr Regular Expression.

Code:

(?!.*tag=)http://[^\s]*?amazon.[co.uk|com][^\s]*?\?{0,1}([^\s]*?)\s

Pow!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14538

No objections from me , I try to strip off affiliate links before I post (unless they are Lewies in which case I'll try to link to the Savygamer page instead)

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:42

Go for it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:46

Well, the regex above would be okay if the forum didn't fucking mangle the links.

Testy test test:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007 ... d_i=468294
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?ie=UTF8&nav_sdd=aps&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=365400447&pf_rd_i=468294
this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007 ... d_i=468294
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?tag=notme&ie=UTF8&nav_sdd=aps&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=365400447&pf_rd_i=468294
this

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 14:47

That post above turns into this:

Code:

Well, the regex above would be okay if the forum didn't fucking [i:20xae18s]mangle[/i:20xae18s] the links.

Testy test test:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?ie=UTF8&amp;nav_sdd=aps&amp;pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-1&amp;pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=365400447&amp;pf_rd_i=468294">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007 ... d_i=468294</a><!-- m -->
[url:20xae18s]http&#58;//www&#46;amazon&#46;co&#46;uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?ie=UTF8&amp;nav_sdd=aps&amp;pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-1&amp;pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=365400447&amp;pf_rd_i=468294[/url:20xae18s]
[url=http&#58;//www&#46;amazon&#46;co&#46;uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?ie=UTF8&amp;nav_sdd=aps&amp;pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-1&amp;pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=365400447&amp;pf_rd_i=468294:20xae18s]this[/url:20xae18s]

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?ie=UTF8&amp;nav_sdd=aps&amp;pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-1&amp;pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=365400447&amp;tag=notme&amp;pf_rd_i=468294">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007 ... d_i=468294</a><!-- m -->
[url:20xae18s]http&#58;//www&#46;amazon&#46;co&#46;uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?tag=notme&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;nav_sdd=aps&amp;pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-1&amp;pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=365400447&amp;pf_rd_i=468294[/url:20xae18s]
[url=http&#58;//www&#46;amazon&#46;co&#46;uk/gp/product/B007HCCOD0/ref=amb_link_173059367_4?ie=UTF8&amp;nav_sdd=aps&amp;pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=center-1&amp;pf_rd_r=09T24GKPHDT1DP3YG6D1&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=365400447&amp;pf_rd_i=468294&amp;tag=notme:20xae18s]this[/url:20xae18s]

WTFF?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Grim... wrote:

Hello!

Would anyone have an objection to the forum adding a Beex affiliate link to any un-affiliated Amazon links?

Couldn't you just skip forward to just doing a blog that is never updated and a dead forum? :attitude:

Seriously, it's cool.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 15:07

There we go - I girled out and did the work after the text had been parsed for display for the forum, so I could just grab the URL out of the anchor tag. The downside is that you can't see the changes, they're hidden in the link, which looks a bit thiefy.

But I've told you all, so that's cool, right?

...

Right?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

Yeah that's fine. And when I click on the link, I just put my login details into this website that says it's HSBC Bonk PLC, right?

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 15:10

Craster wrote:

Yeah that's fine. And when I click on the link, I just put my login details into this website that says it's HSBC Bonk PLC, right?

Yup. Unrelatedly, I'm hiring a PA to type all my replies from now on.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Grim... wrote:

Craster wrote:

Yeah that's fine. And when I click on the link, I just put my login details into this website that says it's HSBC Bonk PLC, right?

Yup. Unrelatedly, I'm hiring a PA to type all my replies from now on.

Oh that's what MaliA's job interview was for.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I've got no objections, but I would ask that people consider linking to SavyGamer instead of just posting an amazon link if it's from a deal they spotted on SavyGamer.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

LewieP wrote:

I've got no objections, but I would ask that people consider linking to SavyGamer instead of just posting an amazon link if it's from a deal they spotted on SavyGamer.

Nobody came on here for a lecture on communism capitalism.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 16:37

I think that the majority of people here follow Savvygamer on Twitter anyway so we see the deals on there, rather than cross promote them here.

But anyway.. If there is one, yeah.. I'm sure we've got no problems here.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Yeah, people generally link to SavyGamer anyway, which I really appreciate.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 16:43

Just as we appreciate the deals.. Like Epic Mickey 2 collectors edition. I've been watching that since it came out to come down and £30 was my limit. Thanks for that.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 19:36

LewieP wrote:

I've got no objections, but I would ask that people consider linking to SavyGamer instead of just posting an amazon link if it's from a deal they spotted on SavyGamer.

You should have an affiliate program.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Grim... wrote:

LewieP wrote:

I've got no objections, but I would ask that people consider linking to SavyGamer instead of just posting an amazon link if it's from a deal they spotted on SavyGamer.

You should have an affiliate program.

Ha!

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 19:38

Seriously. Why not?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Maybe when I eventually get around to getting a redesign I might do something like that. It'd probably just be prizes for people sending lots and lots of traffic rather than paying out cash money. I make roughly 1-2p per unique user a month, so giving (say) 6% of that would just be a waste of everyone's time surely.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12368

LewieP wrote:

Maybe when I eventually get around to getting a redesign I might do something like that. It'd probably just be prizes for people sending lots and lots of traffic rather than paying out cash money. I make roughly 1-2p per unique user a month, so giving (say) 6% of that would just be a waste of everyone's time surely.

Or do it like Quidco and take the first fiver of everyone else's money.

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