Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

Good points. I think legislation will knock out a lot of the big offenders. As for the others that steal affiliate codes, I think we're also going to see computers become more secure. I know Vista isn't perfect, but it's actually a step in the right direction. I think the emphasis in the next 5 years by Microsoft will continue to be security (along with multimedia).

And I do think you'll always have a percent of the traffic out there that has been hit by something. The question is whether companies will allow it or be hard on it. Also whether they face some legislation. I will guarantee you that AFF will be sued very soon for something (I can't go into details but have heard the rumblings from someone) related to spyware and their ads popping up on other peoples websites. It'll be interesting to see if people continue to blindly support them or turn their traffic to more ethical companies.