Amazon Affiliation Help?

[Nthan]

Hey, I'm new to the forum. I have a WP blog, trying to implement Amazon Associates for a chosen niche by posting product reviews.

I'm using a plugin that automatically pulls products from the Amazon site and posts them on my blog with an image, buy now and more information buttons -you've probably seen how it works. I thought if I mixed this up with my own unique product review content, it would fill the blog up more. My first question is this; is it bad to have content copied from the Amazon website, am I going to rank for my main keyword or is Google going to penalize me? My main keyword is easy-medium difficulty, I can't see there being much problem getting somewhere on the first page competition-wise.

By using this plugin I'm also struggling to fit in my main keyword into the posts the plugin is putting on my blog. Whereas my own content I can pass 100% using ClickBump, I'm struggling to get anywhere near that with the other stuff. This is when I introduced a static front-page to my blog with all the unique product reviews on, and then everything else categorized in the background. Is all this a waste of time do you think, should I just sack all the pulled content and stick with what I've made, will I see more of a benefit?

Thanks for any help, Nathan

EDIT: Also, just another quick query (haha!). Say if I were to target a main keyword as Fishing Rod Reviews, but struggled to fit it into my content sometimes (didn't make sense) so instead used Fishing Rod Review, are these keywords classed as the same in Google's eyes?

 

[FitGal]

Hey Nathan,

It will be difficult to get anywhere if you are using one of the tools that totally copies Amazon reviews and content.
I use a tool that pulls in photos and the links and also serves up the proper links for the location that the visitor came from (i.e. if they came from UK they get U.K links)
BUT I would not pull in the exact Amazon content because ultimately you just wont rank well in Google. Google even says they dont want that kind of content. Many sites that were ranking for that kind of content have been dropped in the rankings.

Now if you can take that content and put it in your own words that would be different. It depends on the tool you are using.

As for Fishing Rod Reviews and Fishing Rod Review they are related of course but are not considered the same, so you will want to go after the one you want or both.

 

[doddcoffee]

I know that Google has said that they do not want that kind of content, but it all comes down to the amount of that kind of content. I have sites that are doing well using the same type of plugin. You can adjust each site, post, and page to only pull what you want it to. The best way is to play around with it, explore different options and find one that works for you. Each niche is different and each site is different, you may come up with a plan for future sites, but be prepared to have to vary that plan as needed.