Learning something new

jbcohen · 07-31-2014, 07:40 AM

Will the person who built the link amzn.com/ku tell me how you did that? You know something that I don't and I would like to add that to my general fund of knowledge. Its much shorter than the tinyurl.com link that I built for the same task.

eschwartz · 08-01-2014, 02:57 AM

It's pretty simple.

http://amzn.com redirects to http://amazon.com

And there are a whole bunch of service names which you can put after either one, to redirect to the feature page.

I know
http://amzn.com/manageyourkindle
http://amzn.com/account
http://amzn.com/prime

As well as things like:
http://amzn.com/kindle
http://amzn.com/kindlepaperwhite
http://amzn.com/kindledx

And more, some of which I forget. Usually, I guess them based off of the name, like:
http://amzn.com/kindleunlimited
and also, if it is multiple words, like
http://amzn.com/manageyourkindle
I know it can be shortened to the abbreviation
http://amzn.com/myk
so I tried that for Kindle Unlimited too.

Also, there is http://amzn.com/{ASIN} which when you substitute {ASIN} with the Amazon product ID redirects to any product page. The Kindle Paperwhite (http://amzn.com/kindlepaperwhite) is also
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Paperwhite-Resolution-Display-Next-Gen/dp/B00JG8GOWU/

The Product ID (ASIN) is B00JG8GOWU which then becomes http://amzn.com/B00JG8GOWU

I have gotten fairly good at guessing the name of things. I even figured out, after some effort, the Win8 app:
http://amzn.com/kindleforwindows8
Which was some effort.

I kept trying to stick the word "app" or "metro" in somewhere.

They seem to have links for most things, and they are usually mostly obvious.

07-31-2014, 07:40 AM	#1
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Learning something new Will the person who built the link amzn.com/ku tell me how you did that? You know something that I don't and I would like to add that to my general fund of knowledge. Its much shorter than the tinyurl.com link that I built for the same task.

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08-01-2014, 02:57 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	It's pretty simple. http://amzn.com redirects to http://amazon.com And there are a whole bunch of service names which you can put after either one, to redirect to the feature page. I know http://amzn.com/manageyourkindle http://amzn.com/account http://amzn.com/prime As well as things like: http://amzn.com/kindle http://amzn.com/kindlepaperwhite http://amzn.com/kindledx And more, some of which I forget. Usually, I guess them based off of the name, like: http://amzn.com/kindleunlimited and also, if it is multiple words, like http://amzn.com/manageyourkindle I know it can be shortened to the abbreviation http://amzn.com/myk so I tried that for Kindle Unlimited too. Also, there is http://amzn.com/{ASIN} which when you substitute {ASIN} with the Amazon product ID redirects to any product page. The Kindle Paperwhite (http://amzn.com/kindlepaperwhite) is also http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Paperwhite-Resolution-Display-Next-Gen/dp/B00JG8GOWU/ The Product ID (ASIN) is B00JG8GOWU which then becomes http://amzn.com/B00JG8GOWU I have gotten fairly good at guessing the name of things. I even figured out, after some effort, the Win8 app: http://amzn.com/kindleforwindows8 Which was some effort. I kept trying to stick the word "app" or "metro" in somewhere. They seem to have links for most things, and they are usually mostly obvious.

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