1. The whole tips in the cookie jar? I’ve been places with people I know have more money than me and I’ve watched them tip a $5 and me $20. Does that make me better? No. But I am VERY aware of not just the practical aspect of giving someone a generous tip, but the spiritual and emotional one too. It’s a non verbal ‘pat on the back’ and God knows, no one is above needing to be told they did a job well done. If I can give an anonymous Google ‘dime’ that reached someone both monetarily and thru the ether, then viva the connection!

2. I am a very visual person and a ‘curiosity killed the cat’ Gemini. I LOVE your site Leo, for whatever reason, the layout is soothing to me. I look at EVERYTHING! Why did he pick the ads he picked? Why did he put the ads where he did? Why did he choose the pictures he chose? Whether it’s a building I like, a restaurant, a flower arrangement, whatever, I am appreciative and in awe of how people create what they do.

3. They say a wise man learns from his own mistakes, a genius learns from the mistakes of others. You are very up front about this Leo. I listen.

4. I try to follow your advice, respond to posts, etc. but I also believe in the whole ‘interconnected’ thang and regardless if it boomerangs back to me, I try to promote whomever I believe in, whenever I can. I wrote a post about your book ‘Zen Habits’ on my website, I added a link for people to buy, I wrote a poverty post based on your ad-thing on the right hand-side of your blog.

Bottom line is , what your do works and you’ve afforded me the luxury to pick and choose your advice and experience to help me with my path to success.

Excuse me while I click, click, click! Peace, Jane SleepCompass.com

For Amazon to enable their adverts to link through to the relevant “local” site they need to use segment pixels in their ads so they show the appropriate ones for the users’ locales. This often only works some of the time though, due to people having US proxies, etc which obscure this data.

It is also often dependent on how their marketing budgets are allocated – if this is not done globally, but rather (as if often the case currently) divided between Domestic (i.e. US) and International (rest of the world) then this also affects whether end users are directed to the local site or not. If the two are completely separate entities then even in this global world it is extremely common that no cross linking goes on.

And Leo – I have been a long time follower of your blog. Much of what you have written has resonated with a lot of my other musings, and I really appreciate the time an effort you put into the blog. Thanks!