Well, if there are any regular readers of Matt Cutts' blog here, maybe you could hit 'em up with this adwords/affiliate/bridge-page stuff for some clarification and post back.
Besides building a list, bridging traffic to the merchant has got to be the main reason for using adwords at all from an affiliate's point of view.
Besides building a list, bridging traffic to the merchant has got to be the main reason for using adwords at all from an affiliate's point of view.