Filter by or just allow for Payload

Another request.

Can a custom tag be enabled to refine the contextual unit? I would like to identify the keywords in the post or article to tune the search.

Thanks

Hi,

Specifying the search index is available in Pro.

Regarding the feature, “Add Unit by scratchpad payload”, this is a great idea. I’ll see if I can add it.

Can you elaborate on the last question about a custom tag? I don’t think I fully understand what you want. What options do you suggest and what do they do?

Thanks.

I have Pro, I will look again.

tag example

<h1>Hello World</h1>
<aal>Hello World</aal> <– <aal></aal> would Identify keywords to use.

https://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/default.ASP

“Specifying the search index is available in Pro.”

I’m not seeing this option, in any of the “Add” menus.

Going to remove and readd the plugin’s

I see.

Though, you can use the taxonomies associated with the post. Can you try setting “Hello World” to the post tag (taxonomy) and see if it helps?

Ah, regarding the search index issue, it’s not available for contextual units but for product search units (Add Unit by Search). Sorry for the confusion.

I’ll think about adding it too.

Thanks for asking about this.

I will look into the taxonomy.

I found the search Index option, having that on the Contextual would be great. It exactly what I’m looking for.

Adding the Index drop-down to the Contextual is the solution I’m looking for. If your website is a niche marketing you have to be able to narrow down the expected return.

Example: I have an article about safety and kayaking, and the contextual bought back a fork-lift cage. If this was limited to “SportsAndOutdoors” I doubt that would have happened.

Thanks for the quick response. I like the plugin and what it does, just looking to fine-tune it.

Hi,

The development version 4.1.0b06 is ready and it includes the feature of “Add Unit by ScratchPad Payload.”

Please try that and let me know whether it works for you or not.

Payload Unit is working good!

Playing with adding add. parameters and sorting. See link below in playload.
It’s nice to be able to apply keyword and then titles again, and managing the AD units.

I’m still messing with the Contextual Unit on a Widget and sometimes it’s definitely in the right “SearchIndex” sometimes it’s way off. It’s great as it covers all content (static & dynamic) with 1 AD Unit without having to think about it. But that’s me being lazy.. I will likely be using a Payload or setup a Native Shopping ad. in most instances now.

Even AZ Recommendation ADs sucks at this, I haven’t looked too deep into your code to see how your parsing content, but scraping/parsing the page content and populating a payload is going to be the most robust method.

Maybe a Global/Sitewide default variable for the “SearchIndex”: could be enabled and it would apply to the other Ad. Unit types. ie, “SearchIndex”:”SportsAndOutdoors” In my case.

Thanks for the super-fast update on this.

P.S. These should be PRO (Paid) features.

######################
#payload sample#
######################

{
“Keywords”: “Kayak Paddle”,
“Resources”: [
“BrowseNodeInfo.BrowseNodes.SalesRank”,
“BrowseNodeInfo.WebsiteSalesRank”,
“CustomerReviews.StarRating”,
“Images.Primary.Large”,
“ItemInfo.Title”,
“Offers.Listings.DeliveryInfo.IsFreeShippingEligible”,
“Offers.Listings.Price”
],
“SearchIndex”: “SportsAndOutdoors”,
“Title”: “Kayak Paddle”,

“SortBy”: “Featured”, <———- This is nice — https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/search-items.html#sortby-parameter

“Properties”: {
“key1”: “value1” <— Still messing with this.
},
“PartnerTag”: “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”,
“PartnerType”: “Associates”,
“Marketplace”: “www.amazon.com”,
“Operation”: “SearchItems”
}

I’ve uploaded v4.1.0b07 and it adds support for advanced options for the contextual unit.

These new options are not available for the plugin widget, Amazon Auto Links – Contextual Products, but for units created via Dashboard -> Amazon Auto Links -> Add Contextual Unit. You can show the unit output with the plugin widget, Amazon Auto Links by Unit.

To use the new options, you also need Amazon Auto Links Pro 3.5.0 or above. If you are a Pro user please update it via the automatic update.

Let me know if it satisfies your needs.

Advanced options are grayed out.. I can change the Category, and it does apper to impact the results.

Sorting radio buttons I cannot change.

WordPress 5.4.2 running Twenty Fourteen theme.

Please update Pro to 3.5.0. To receive automatic updates, the license key needs to be entered via Dashboard -> Amazon Auto Links Pro -> Settings -> Pro.

v4.1.0 has been released and it includes the suggested features.