[tonyr]

"Google does not permit ads for bridge pages that are solely intended to direct the user to the parent company's website".

Really? Well, I still see them up there (although not as many as before).

I don't think that it is worth trying to game the system with shopping carts. Although having a real shopping cart and actually selling something along with affiliate offers could be worth a try. I think that some merchants have affiliate links on their sites for stuff that they don't sell.

Here is a question for anyone who has had a site with original content slapped: Was the site linked to one merchant or several merchants?