I am currently looking for the right affiliate system linking strategy, my decision for the affiliate system is already made, but I do have different options on the link layout: I think "New style (Anchor links) " is currently the best way, because Direct Linking can cause some problems. Which one are you using? What do you think is currently the best option?
Doesn't matter really, since those links should be rel="nofollow" -ed in order to avoid violating Google's guidelines.
yes that is true. as those links will be nofollow so it will not matter much. I agree with Dan Schulz