Timeline for Link being replaced by a broken "rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn" link
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:18 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://superuser.com/ with https://superuser.com/
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| Jul 22, 2014 at 19:38 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @damryfbfnetsi - shouldn't be difficult. IIRC the amazon link rewriting is done in a single spot, so not a huge task. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 19:34 | comment | added | gparyani | @Oded Okay...but if it became a problem, would it be easy or hard to implement? | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 19:33 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @damryfbfnetsi - not with the amount of money we are talking about. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 19:33 | comment | added | gparyani | @Oded But isn't it better to take preemptive measures in case there are lots of people in the future making use of these workarounds? | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 19:28 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @damryfbfnetsi - dunno if it will ever be. The number of people utilizing workarounds like those is minuscule, not worth our time. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:58 | comment | added | gparyani | @Oded Will it be fixed within 6-8 weeks? (Yes, I am using the figurative definition). | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:27 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | @Oded would you guys also consider having all Amazon Affiliate links go to smile.amazon.com? The user can then choose a non-profit to receive 0.5% of their purchase, and the affiliate referral fees are the same as on the main site. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:26 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | Thanks for the heads up @nhinkle - will talk it over with the team | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:24 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod |
@Oded FYI a user on SU found out that the affiliate link doesn't get inserted when linking to https://www.amazon.com/ or http(s)://smile.amazon.com/. You guys may be interested in fixing that.
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| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:23 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | We save an HTML copy of a post on save - so, if the rendered is borked for a bit and causes such issues, unless someone goes in and edits it... the original bad HTML will be served. This is really rare (old broken posts that were not edited). | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:14 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | @Oded Thanks, I didn't realise it was that simple. I don't have a problem with the affiliate link, just that it was broken. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:05 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | Resaved the post after a single space edit (so it has a diff). That "rebaked" the post, including the amazon link, which is now OK. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 18:01 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod |
@Oded This appears to still be broken (or has since been re-broken) as the link on my original answer is still being rewritten to a broken address. My answer was merged and the new link is superuser.com/a/320133/19943. It is getting rewritten to rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B000L10Y5E which goes to a broken amazon.com address, manually changing to amazon.co.uk gets the right page.
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| Aug 7, 2013 at 13:57 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod |
Looks like we ended up opting for rewriting .com links only, so .co.uk and such end up being left alone.
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| Aug 7, 2013 at 13:56 | history | edited | OdedStaffMod |
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| Aug 16, 2011 at 1:23 | answer | added | Gareth | timeline score: 11 | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 21:51 | answer | added | Jeff Atwood | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 19:57 | history | edited | nhinkleMod |
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| Aug 14, 2011 at 18:56 | history | asked | MokubaiMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |