I'm not a genius... but...

[thomashine]

I'm by far not a search engine genius, but surely this shouldn't happen??

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q...yers&FORM=QBRE

That affiliate link has a nice spot at place three!!

Not sure how beneficial it would be though - awinaffid ring any bells?

Thomas

[Wardy]

It happens from time to time, even in Google I've seen it a few times.

Just one of those things and the affiliate has to enjoy it while it lasts

Cheers
Wardy

[pistol101]

I agree with Wardy, although you'll find that the end user doesn't like clicking on it much!

[morleymouse]

tis true, google "alpha rooms" or click here

2nd place. not worth it

[haggul]

Seems to be hapening for pretty much any merchant that you can think of that has a programme on Aff Win. Seems to be for a multitude of affiliates though.

[3wdl]

Used to happen a lot for TD as well - not sure if it still does

[deadgoodundies]

Happens with us on google - take a look top spot they got

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=justhom&meta=

[moredial]

Happens with us on google - take a look top spot they got

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=justhom&meta=

A link is only a link, after all. It all depends on how far passed the ? the search engines index. The solution is for all affiliate links to contain rel="nofollow" and then this will stop happening. May kill the affiliate networks' PR though, although a link to a page that does not circulate PR is of no use to anyone.
Text links will hit product and supplier names and help to push them up the rankings.

[pav]

I have had a lot of my own affiliate links appear like this for some top keywords also, but have never had any sales from it so I would agree that the end user is not keen