celgins - 2:32 am on Aug 6, 2009 (gmt 0)

I got the email and this is an interesting move by Google. I have asked a few questions similar to Marcia's:

That's a problem, since not everyone has (or wants) an Adsense account, and some people have been kicked out but still have Affiliate Network accounts.

It appears that Google will force affiliate network users to use Adsense accounts. There are thousands of affiliates who only use the affiliate network and receive payments via EFT/check. Maybe it's an effort to get more legitimate sites hosting contextual ads?

Some of those affiliate network users may have never been interested in Adsense ads, but it appears Google will give them new Adsense accounts and offer text-based ads with banner ads from the affiliate side. How much more diluted will the publisher pool become now?