Originally Posted by AlienQ

Using Cookies is really for Dynosaurs.

A: Cookies can be re-written far more easily.
B: Awarding the direct affiliate for the referral is simply just a better practice.
For example, would you rather know an affiliate that is good or just talking to a jack ass that cookied all the traffic that essentially stole someones hard work?

Because obviously some folks are better at making convincing pages and that certainly does not mean someone else should be rewarded for that effort.

Its all about Unique Click, Tracking Unique Session ID.