patient2all - 7:27 am on Mar 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

Who isn't an affiliate?

Unless you manufacture your product or provide your service personally, you are an affiliate of someone. Only the payment method may differ.

amazon sells other companies merchandise, for a commission, I might add.

Most every retailer is selling merchandise supplied by some other source and the retailer is merely advertising it.

Hardly any website doesn't contain at least one affiliate ad or banner of some sort.

And why so much hostility here on this board and from AdWords towards affiliates?

Contrary to the advice I'll often give others about this forum, the more I read about AdWords, the more confused I become!

patient2all