BigDave - 9:34 pm on Dec 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

While google accepts your input, that does not give you any inherent claim on the google traffic.

It really is that simple.

Google, just like any other webmaster has the right to list whatever they want on their site, however they want to list it.

Google does not owe you anything for using using your site to gather your opinion, nor do you owe google for the traffic they send you.

The reason that a user chooses a search engine is that they value the opinion of that search engine, not because they value the links that google depends on to formulate that opinion.

What google is looking for is the best page for their searcher, they want to provide the best, most authoritative link to that page. They get to choose what that link is. If they want to provide a link with your aff ID, they rejoice and enjoy it while it lasts. But don't think that they owe it to you, because they don't.

Feel free to hide your opinion of that page from Google to punish them.