Amazon Associates tag on category searches
Shopping slots now use Amazon search URLs with tag=tapmatch-20. No ASINs. Associates identification language sits next to the links.
Changelog
What shipped. RSS.
Amazon Associates identification sits on its own line
Recs that include Amazon links now print “As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.” as its own sentence next to the match. The commission line stays. Buttons do not say sponsored.
Homepage is a city box now
Typeahead over cities on file, closest-city guess, match explained on the same page. Personal byline removed. Affiliate placeholders in src/data/affiliates.ts with a commission disclosure.
Equipment photos on the match and treatment pages
Original install photos sit next to matching “what actually fits” recommendations and on the salt-softener, salt-free, carbon, and reverse-osmosis treatment pages. Alt text names the equipment, not a brand.
First ship — matcher, ten guides, two cities
Homepage, About/method, cities (Santa Clarita Valley, Phoenix), six contaminant files, six treatment-type files, and the first ten practical guides, each with sources. No affiliate links.
Shop links on the recommendation, not a footer block
Each “what actually fits” item now has a sponsored Amazon search link (tag=tapmatch-20). Same pattern on city, treatment, contaminant, and guide pages.
Sixteen more city files, and an honest American-made label
Typeahead now includes LA, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, Riverside, Las Vegas, Tucson, Denver, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Tampa, Atlanta, and Portland. American-made badges only on cited US Water Systems RO and AquaOx claims.
Shop links no longer print “sponsored”
The visible “sponsored” suffix is off the shop links. The commission sentence and Amazon Associates identification stay with the recommendations. rel=sponsored stays on the tags.
Waterdrop is the live RO shop link
Under-sink reverse osmosis slots now go to the Waterdrop referral URL. Softeners, carbon, iron/sulfur, acid, pitchers, and test kits stay on tagged Amazon search. Unapproved brand IDs are not on the site.