LOL! Nice! Well, the links in this thread are all safe. Anybody put a dickroll in thread and they'll get a temp ban for it. Not kidding. I want to keep this business and a learning thread only.
Making money with the Auction2Post Plugin
- Thread starter Mike
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LOL! Nice! Well, the links in this thread are all safe. Anybody put a dickroll in thread and they'll get a temp ban for it. Not kidding. I want to keep this business and a learning thread only.
there goes Mike again, helping the world out without asking anything in return.
im still waiting for the day he rebills us all for millions
+rep mike, you never fail to amaze me
im still waiting for the day he rebills us all for millions
+rep mike, you never fail to amaze me
there goes Mike again, helping the world out without asking anything in return.
im still waiting for the day he rebills us all for millions
+rep mike, you never fail to amaze me
Check your credit card statement.
$72.86 every month like clockwork. Don't forget the T&C's: You can't cancel unless you can prove that one of my posts was responsible for a death of an immediate family member, AND you have to include the coroner's report signed and notarized, of course. Okay, serious question for you guys: Where the hell are the setting for the WP Related Posts plugin? For the life of me, I can not find them. Is it possible that it's not compatible with 2.8.4?
Under Plugins - Related Post Options
I'm using the + 404 version (saves on using an extra plugin if you delete expired posts), but fairly sure it's in the same place for the other version.
Okay, I figured it out. Apparently I had the wrong one. LazyHippy can you link yours here? I ended up going with WordPress › Yet Another Related Posts Plugin WordPress Plugins
Also, when I went to configure YARP, it slowed everything WAY down. I realized it's because the WP Auto Tagger I linked y'all to before had over 1200 tags listed. Most were not related to the content at all.
Soooo..........
I went searching for another one and found Auto Tags which allows you to limit the number of tags returned. For example with WP Auto Tagger I had posts that contained 20+ tags of seemingly random shit. After installing Auto Tags I set the tag limit to 3 from Yahoo and 3 from tagthe.net. Next, I tested it by adding a single auction. When I checked the post tags it only had 8 tags and 6 were related to the content. Only two were a little off (geography tag - US and "feedback").
So, scratch WP Auto Tagger and get Auto Tags instead.
Oh yeah, and YARP works very nice! The related posts it pulls are dead on.
Also, when I went to configure YARP, it slowed everything WAY down. I realized it's because the WP Auto Tagger I linked y'all to before had over 1200 tags listed. Most were not related to the content at all.
Soooo..........
I went searching for another one and found Auto Tags which allows you to limit the number of tags returned. For example with WP Auto Tagger I had posts that contained 20+ tags of seemingly random shit. After installing Auto Tags I set the tag limit to 3 from Yahoo and 3 from tagthe.net. Next, I tested it by adding a single auction. When I checked the post tags it only had 8 tags and 6 were related to the content. Only two were a little off (geography tag - US and "feedback").
So, scratch WP Auto Tagger and get Auto Tags instead.
Oh yeah, and YARP works very nice! The related posts it pulls are dead on.
Nice, not used any auto tagging plugs as remember having probs with one a while back, sounds like Auto Tagger is worth giving a go.
Does it interfere with any tags you add yourself? (Until multiple categories are supported on a2p I'm using tags for a lot of navigation.)
The related posts plugin I've been using is this modified version, but as it's no longer supported by the author I think I'll check out YARP, sounds like a better option (and smart 404 is pretty good if you delete expired posts).
Is anyone blocking bots in their htaccess file which lowers the EPN epc? I'm using the below list taken from the phpbay forums.
Kudos to Shelby on phpbay forums, he came up with it. It's always changing with new bots being added, I'll repost it as and when.
Thanks for a great tutorial Mike,
I'm using a2p & its excellent but I'm still on hostgator baby plan. It's only been a couple of months and my inode usage is over 93,000.
Would a vps be better for this if you have quite a few a2p sites?
I'm using a2p & its excellent but I'm still on hostgator baby plan. It's only been a couple of months and my inode usage is over 93,000.
Would a vps be better for this if you have quite a few a2p sites?
The plugin is optimized for shared hosting (though it absolutely owns on a vps) - in General Settings set the number of images to download to ONLY the number that you are using in your template as the default is all.
Second, if you have a lot of images, you will have a lot of files/inodes - that's just the way it is... wordpress makes a thumbnail and medium file for each that you download using the eBay API. that's how it works. if you are not deleting old auction posts (in order to keep the content up for the serps - be aware you're in violation of eBay developer TOS - not my problem, i just make the tools - granted, this is NOT my recommended way of doing it as i think with a smart 404 plugin you can do better, but i'm not the seo expert) you can delete expired auction attachments (images) in the maintenance tab.
Another thing to consider is if your site isn't pulling in unique items where quality matters and each is unique (colletibles vs. cds/dvds/books/etc) - upload a single image to your web server and in the template just link to that image instead of downloading hundreds or thousands of the same image - skype headsets for example - if you're doing a targeted search on a particular headset... just show the stock photo of the headset model... as an idea to save space / inodes.
Finally, if you are using separate wordpress installs for every site - you are inherently going to have a fair amount of inode overhead just for the content manager - the current licensing does not support multiple domain licenses, but that is being resolved at which point you could follow the tutorials on running multiple sites off one install (the issue now is that the single license domain conflicts with other single license domains - soon to be resolved).
Second, if you have a lot of images, you will have a lot of files/inodes - that's just the way it is... wordpress makes a thumbnail and medium file for each that you download using the eBay API. that's how it works. if you are not deleting old auction posts (in order to keep the content up for the serps - be aware you're in violation of eBay developer TOS - not my problem, i just make the tools - granted, this is NOT my recommended way of doing it as i think with a smart 404 plugin you can do better, but i'm not the seo expert) you can delete expired auction attachments (images) in the maintenance tab.
Another thing to consider is if your site isn't pulling in unique items where quality matters and each is unique (colletibles vs. cds/dvds/books/etc) - upload a single image to your web server and in the template just link to that image instead of downloading hundreds or thousands of the same image - skype headsets for example - if you're doing a targeted search on a particular headset... just show the stock photo of the headset model... as an idea to save space / inodes.
Finally, if you are using separate wordpress installs for every site - you are inherently going to have a fair amount of inode overhead just for the content manager - the current licensing does not support multiple domain licenses, but that is being resolved at which point you could follow the tutorials on running multiple sites off one install (the issue now is that the single license domain conflicts with other single license domains - soon to be resolved).
Drew
where in the .htaccess file would I place that code ?
above or below the wordpress files ?
-jason- It doesn't go in the .htaccess file. Open a blank .txt file and paste it in, then save as robots.txt Upload to the root of your WP install.
I hate to burst your bubble Mike, but it does go into htaccess and needs mod_setenvif enabled. Great guide your posting!
I don't think it would matter, but I would place those before any thing else.
just a quick question about WPSuperCache. We keep the "wp_content" directory writable even after enabling the plugin, correct?
Regarding the new changes to the ePN payment model - this was posted by one of the "pinks" - eBay reps - on the ePN eBay board:
emphasis mine.
There is another thread on the ePN changes so this thread should probably stay on focus per SEO_Mike's intent (showing people how to make money w/ the plugin vs. ePN TOS, payments, etc.) - but I thought this relevant because what SEO_Mike is showing above is exactly what is in the excerpt above.
You can modify the templates in auction2post so that every post you are displaying is a shopping comparison (similar to what Mike posted above), product review, or daily deal type post. I think this bodes well for websites utilizing auction2post and the new ePN payment model, especially in the shopping comparison model (similar to what is shown above).
emphasis mine.
There is another thread on the ePN changes so this thread should probably stay on focus per SEO_Mike's intent (showing people how to make money w/ the plugin vs. ePN TOS, payments, etc.) - but I thought this relevant because what SEO_Mike is showing above is exactly what is in the excerpt above.
You can modify the templates in auction2post so that every post you are displaying is a shopping comparison (similar to what Mike posted above), product review, or daily deal type post. I think this bodes well for websites utilizing auction2post and the new ePN payment model, especially in the shopping comparison model (similar to what is shown above).
*face palm*
Oh duh, you're right. I was looking at something else and responding to this. Sorry about the confusion.
/edit/ not sure why I was thinking robots.txt. Looks like I said the same thing a few posts up. Hopefully nobody noticed
The actual wp_content directory may not need to be, but a lot of stuff inside it does. And if you ever add a plugin that want to create a new folder in the wp_content it will have to be writeable. That's why I leave it writeable.
Just so everyone knows, the A2P template can be customized however you want. Even if you don't want to go with the Amazon products you can insert other products directly into the template. I coded up a simple 2 column table in notepad and inserted some related products from CJ on one of my iphone sites. It shows a small thumbnail image, which is clickable, and then a text link description. And you could get way fancier if you wanted to. Just another option for getting more products on your A2P sites. Check it out.
