Re: Full Text of Google's General Guidelines for Remote Quality Raters from April 200
Nice to see that Google classes affiliate links as "sneaky redirects"... arrrgghhh... :eek:
Quote:
Recognizing when redirects are sneaky or non-sneaky (P.38)
3. Compare the domain registrants for each URL. If you find that the two URLs have the same domain registrant, you will conclude that the page is not Spam. If they are different, it is probably Spam.
Example of a Sneaky Redirect:
htp://ww.kqzyfj.com/go65biroiq57A8E7A6577BDAA6
redirects to
htp://ww.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/StoreCatalogDisplay/c-10101/s-10101/TID-101?AID=1157440&PID=1428140
(links removed)
Using a whois provider, you will see that the domain registrant for the first URL is Commission Junction, while the domain registrant for the second URL is J.C. Whitney & Company.
Please note that “whois” may also be used when trying to determine if a page is a thin affiliate.
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Pages which have "sneaky redirects" are to be classed as Spam, which must have some effect on your rank in Google.
Start cloaking your affiliate links everyone, although even that might not be good enough. 
Tom
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