I just wanted to add something to my original post, as I just noticed a long thread about bloggers and affiliate links.

My post had nothing to do with that at all. I may have read it at the beginning, but after seeing it again today and going to the most recent part of the conversation, people were complaining about affiliate links.

I posted this because I noticed a pretty dramatic increase in the types of links I mentioned over the past few months.

No ulterior motive on my part - I don't even read the blogs.