Thanks for the replies here. Of course, I've been reading Jeff's posts for some time and know his creds. My question was not really very specific to him and th

Thanks for the replies here. Of course, I've been reading Jeff's posts for some time and know his creds. My question was not really very specific to him and this post of his, but just this time I caught myself mid-thought wanting to check whether the link is an affiliate link. For another author, I might not have been surprised, but I was in this case. Mentioning that a link is an affiliate link (as cwd71 wrote) would be enough for me to put more trust in an author.