> They probably forbid affiliates from doing their own indexing and ranking. Does anyone know for sure? They do. I came across a reddit thread where a guy had

> They probably forbid affiliates from doing their own indexing and ranking. Does anyone know for sure? They do. I came across a reddit thread where a guy had built a simple php-based search indexer for Amazon and managed to pay for his college through it. After this incident they apparently put changed their developer terms of service!