IMPLEMENTED: Amazon & eBay capsule image size change

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   jansharesposted 10 years ago

   Maybe I missed this change but as I was doing some editing, I saw that some of the amazon and ebay ads have changed size. Some are so big that it throws off the layout of the hub. Not good. It looks bad in some cases, in others it just creates annoying white space. I tired to rearrange a few to fix the layout but some were so bad, it was easier to just delete the capsule. Has anyone else had this problem? Check your hubs, you may be surprised.

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      Glenn Stokposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Three weeks ago HP announced the change to only allow one item per eBay or Amazon capsule. This was to protect us from Google's new algorithm to penalized us for having too many ads. Google now considers that spamming.
      
      Along with the change, the size of the image has been increased. The bigger size gives us the capability to make the item that we talk about in the hub more noticeable.  And when aligned properly with the text capsule, it works!!! Personally, I'm happy with the change.
      
      It's true that we have to check every hub and adjust for the size difference. But I have done this and it paid off big time. My eBay capsules are suddenly bringing in 10% of my entire HP residuals. And Amazon is doing well too.

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         jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Glenn Stok. I have since seen the info about size that I overlooked. And you are right, ebay earnings are finally coming in, all of a sudden. I didn't associate it with the ad changes, pleasant surprise.

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            CraftytotheCoreposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            My only problem now is that I keep forgetting to put the 1 capsule in my Hub.  I have written about 4 or 5 without the capsules at all.  When I did put one in, I did like how it automatically enlarged the photo.  However, the item's photo wasn't too great enlarged, so I had to pick a different item.

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               jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               Same here, Crafty. Not all product pics are good quality and look worse enlarged. So yeah, it makes you shop around for another product. Ugh.

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      Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Will and Glenn mentioned this, but I wanted to include a link to the forum post that announced this change again in case anyone missed it and sees this thread.
      
      Amazon and Ebay Capsule Update
      http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/115726
      
      The blog post has more details.
      How to Check Your Subdomain for a Google Penalty and an Update to Amazon and eBay Products
      http://blog.hubpages.com/2013/08/how-to … -products/

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         jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Matt. Got it.

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   W1totalkposted 10 years ago

   I see how they put an advertisement where it break the text up etc. Thank you.

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      Faith Reaperposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, the Amazon ones look much larger than the ebay ads.

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   Will Apseposted 10 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/115726

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      jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Will Aspe. I visited this forum and see that I missed the part about size change. Unfortunately, it does not work smoothly for all hubs. But I will adjust.

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   paradigmsearchposted 10 years ago

   I checked out Will's link.
   
   I'd already shown Amazon the door years ago.
   
   As for my eBay ads, yep, they're up to as big as a google ad would be in the same spot. Mine look downright purdy.

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      jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      It depends. Some look nice with the fancy new borders. Some become pixelated and unattractive.

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   tillsontitanposted 10 years ago

   I thought it was something I was or wasn't doing with my capsules.  Glad to know it is a universal change.  yet, a bit disappointed that the integrity of the hub doesn't come first.  Sometimes its difficult to break up a capsule because of relevancy. Some things just really belong together. 
   Oh well, we'll learn and change as we go along.

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      jansharesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yup, we do, tillsontitan.

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