"These are not ads because they are not paid placement, they are straightforward Amazon search results for your search."
both ads and affiliate links make money when you click on them and buy something (nobody would buy ads if they didn't result in sales in one way or another)
The precise details of how they are paid for is almost irrelevant. I appreciate affiliate links in search results like this are much better than paid placement ads, but to say they're totally different things is untrue.
If Amazon didn't offer an affiliate scheme, would Ubuntu still be so keen to integrate their search results in the same way?
both ads and affiliate links make money when you click on them and buy something (nobody would buy ads if they didn't result in sales in one way or another)
The precise details of how they are paid for is almost irrelevant. I appreciate affiliate links in search results like this are much better than paid placement ads, but to say they're totally different things is untrue.
If Amazon didn't offer an affiliate scheme, would Ubuntu still be so keen to integrate their search results in the same way?