Amazon RSS Feeds: Features 

• Display items from any category (browse node), Listmania list, or custom list of ASINs.
• Explore the categories with the integral node browser. NEW!
• Items are tagged with your Associate Tag, so that you can earn revenue from sales.
• RSS Feeds are available in 4 styles, including images, prices and Buy Now buttons.
• Formatting is specifically engineered for use with Squidoo, and so will look great whatever style you choose.
• Feeds are refreshed automatically, so your lens is always showing the latest products.
• Data is cached on the server to provide quick updates to your visitors.
• Get it here: Amazon RSS Feeds for Squidoo

Step By Step Guide 

Here's how to add an Amazon RSS Feed to your lens.

1. Add an "RSS Module" to your lens.
2. Go to the Amazon Feeds page on SquidUtils.com.
3. Select which type of feed you would like:
   - top or new items with a specified category
   - items from a Listmania list
   - individual items selected by ASIN
4. The first text box on the page requires the appropriate code from Amazon. If you're not sure what any of these mean, you can just paste in the entire URL from Amazon, and it'll be worked out automatically. More details about this is given below.
5. The second text box is for your Associate Tag. If you are signed up as an Amazon Associate, you should know what this is. If you are not an Associate, then you probably better off using traditional Squidoo's Amazon modules.
6. Below the text boxes are a number of options, which might include a product filter, which is specific to the type of feed you are creating. There are also 4 different styles of feed, ranging from plain text to fully featured.
7. Once you are happy with your inputs, click on [Get RSS Feed URL]. The URL of your new feed will appear below the button. If you want to see what this feed will look like, click on "preview".
8. Copy and paste the URL into your RSS module on your lens, save it, and you're done.

What information do I need to provide? 

• For category feeds, you need the 'browse node id', which you can get by browsing the categories on Amazon. For example DVDs have the node ID "130". Subcategories will have their own node IDs.
• For Listmania feeds you need the list ID. The easiest way to do this is to find a Listmania list (they often appear in the sidebars on Amazon), and paste the whole URL into SquidUtils.com. (Read about Listmania)
• For individually selected items, you need to provide a list of one or more ASINs, separated with commas. The ASIN can be found in the URL and on the page under 'Product Details'. Books have their 10 digit ISBN number as their ASIN, while non-book ASINs look like this: 'B000NK8L6W'.

Example: Feed with Descriptions and Images 

Here are some items taken from a Listmania list, showing the comment by the list maker, the product description, images and prices. This list is also available with small pictures, or as plain text. Up to 5 items can be displayed.

The options used for this example are as follows:.

• The Listmania ID is 'R2NY6DSPUNH5QT'.
• The style of the feed is 'HTML & Large Images'.

Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Example: Grid of Images 

This example shows 3 items from the 'Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras' category on Amazon, without any text or description. You can easily choose to see 6 items if you wish.

You can also choose between the 'Top Sellers' or the 'New Releases' for a given category. Amazon's category tree does go very deep, so you can get a very specific list of items.

The options used for this example are as follows:

• Node = 330405011 "Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras"
• Style = 'Just Large Images (Grid)'

Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

More for Amazon Associates 

Add Amazon Affiliate Links to Your Lens

Here is a tool which generates a static version of the Amazon Affiliate Links, which can then be pasted into any suitable module (e.g. Text/Write).

RSS web feeds for tagged products

Get an RSS feed direct from Amazon for any 'tag'.

Amazon RSS Search Feeds

Create an RSS feed from any search query on Amazon.

RSS Module Guide

A guide to the RSS Module from SquidU.

Reader Feedback 

I'd love to know what you think of this new service. Specifically, what features would you like to see added? If you have a style in mind that you think will work well, then let me know about it. Also, if you have any questions, submit them here...

poddys This is really great. I am about to start using it myself, but based on the other utilities you have created that I use I have no doubt that it will do the trick perfectly. Thanks a lot. 5***** Posted July 01, 2008

Rob3 You are genius, I love your Utils, and use them all the time! Definitely 5 stars! Posted June 02, 2008

pyrox02 Yep, if I didn't love you before, I love you now. I think I'm off to add this to a few of my lenses, now that I'm an Amazon affiliate. :) Posted May 31, 2008

driewe Great utilities, thanks for putting together Posted March 11, 2008

EelKat wow... I didn't even know this option existed! I love featuring Amazon stuff on my lenses, I'm going to go try this out right now! Thanks! Posted March 01, 2008

GypsyPirate Wow - this is such a great explanation of a very helpful service from SquidUtils. Thanks for all your hard work with this. Posted February 25, 2008

JonBaines What a valuable resource, well worth 5 Stars. Posted February 19, 2008

KCStargazer Wow, Fluffa, quite the innovator you are! Thanks for sharing all your great tools and tricks with the rest of us to make Squidoo even more amazing than before. Welcome to the PIMP MY LENS: Great Lensmastering Tips and Tricks Group! Always a pleasure to have you in the group! Posted February 02, 2008

VeraM Thanks for this information Posted December 09, 2007

dnuttall thefluffanutta, Thanks for your reply! I'll check again! I do like to use this feature. Glad to hear it is still working. Must just be me. Posted December 08, 2007

thefluffanutta The RSS Feeds are working fine for me - check that the Node, List or ASIN number is still valid, as Amazon do periodically change them. Posted December 08, 2007

dnuttall I have not been able to get the Amazon RSS to work lately. I put it in my RSS module and it states no URL signified. Has anyone else had a problem? It was working up until a couple of days ago. Posted December 08, 2007

cscarpero Wow, thanks for putting this together. Posted November 14, 2007

tonyab These Utils really are the cats meow - thanks a million! Posted November 14, 2007

fotos4web Thanks for your INVALUABLE utilities - they are GREAT ! I use them every day ! Keith Posted October 31, 2007

 

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