Hi,
I know this is something that has been discussed in depth (or drunkly ranted about) but I was wondering if I could kick this whole thing off again - especially regarding all you PPC affiliates. With all that it going on with Google (and potentially pretty soon Yahoo and MSN) especially regarding all this ceasing of direct links to merchant's sites etc.. well I guess my question is this: to what extent are you worried about/looking into this? And if so, what are your thoughts regarding the way forward and how much would you expect the merchants to help along with this? I know there have been a lot of comments etc (doom and gloom, optimism, etc).

I ask out of curiosity mostly and really to see what you guys think of all this (pretty obvious) and just see what you think would be the best way forward. I'd really appreciate your feedback and opinions in addition to all the other information/opinions out there.

Thanks again!!