I suspect quite the opposite... that they knew exactly that items such as congas could make them money without anybody realizing it.

If I was a conga-participate, I'd end up making a profile-type page with all my congas and affiliates someplace, and just linking to that instead.

I have an example if anybody wants to PM me, but it would be poor ettiquite for me to put my affiliate links to Priceline, etc. here.