Hi Brian
Never take advice from a forum as legal advice.
So saying that
1. FTC amendments come in to play as of December 1st
2. These rules have been in place for the last 8 years and the modifications are aimed at particular claims made by people
3. You are not meant to be tricking your customers by offering a link to click on, you are offering them a solution to a problem they have. Declaring on your blog somewhere that you earn an affiliate commission from links on it is not going to upset anyone
4. Here is a plain english review of the
FTC rule changes by an internet lawyer (note there are sales links in the report... ironic !)