Be warned of transparent affiliate links. Summary: They highjack on_clicks

In an earlier story on how to "fly for free" a commenter was downvoted for explaining the entry contained affiliate links.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1428051

Most people who checked looked at the hover and the source -- but likely did not click the link.

The blog/whatever has direct links to the product page, but skimlinks.com highjacks the onClick event and redirected to the affiliate site.

Just FYI