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divdiv class=entry readability=43 p!-- wpautop enabled --/p pYour mother loves you and wants to make you happy. But that doesn’t mean she can read your mind to figure out what gifts you want. Like last year, when you asked for that new pair of headphones, but instead she heard “a href=http://amzn.com/B0030MWJEKlawn gnomes/a.” Or the year before, when your brother got you a can of a href=http://amzn.com/B002T62G9Qcrab glop/a instead of a laptop. So make it easy on your family this year and send them actual Amazon links — but make sure they’re the right ones./p pa href=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/haribo_skitch_share_button.pngimg src=http://www.wired.com/images/1x1.trans.gif data-lazy-src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/haribo_skitch_share_button-660x483.png alt= title=haribo_skitch_share_button width=660 height=483 class=aligncenter size-large wp-image-263851/noscriptimg src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/haribo_skitch_share_button-660x483.png alt= title=haribo_skitch_share_button width=660 height=483 class=aligncenter size-large wp-image-263851//noscript/a/p pOf course, you can just copy and paste the full link from your browser’s URL bar. That works well — sometimes. The truth is they can get long and unwieldy very fast though. They can also get truncated in certain email clients or fall prey to link rot. Luckily, Amazon includes a helpful built-in link shortener on every product page, and it’s actually more precise. You’ll find it on the left-hand side of the page under “Share.” It’s a tiny button, but it produces a clean, shortened URL that looks like this: stronghttp://amzn.com/B0030MWJEK./strong/p pa href=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/haribo_permalink_arrow_skitch.pngimg src=http://www.wired.com/images/1x1.trans.gif data-lazy-src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/haribo_permalink_arrow_skitch-660x477.png alt= title=haribo_permalink_arrow_skitch width=660 height=477 class=aligncenter size-large wp-image-263871/noscriptimg src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/haribo_permalink_arrow_skitch-660x477.png alt= title=haribo_permalink_arrow_skitch width=660 height=477 class=aligncenter size-large wp-image-263871//noscript/abr/ For instance, take this product page for a href=http://amzn.com/B000EVOSE4mouthwatering Haribo Gummy Bears/a. The five-pounder is a great deal, and the 5 oz version isn’t. The two very different products toggle through a button that doesn’t change the URL, so if you just copy and pasted, you could be receiving a much smaller amount of candy than you wanted. Unacceptable. By using the Amazon permalink, you can be sure to point to the big ‘ol bag. Or the right color sweater. Or the right size shoes. With the correct links, your loved ones will be sure to pick the drone — er, phone — you really want./p /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center
