The graphical banner adverts like the one above the Quick Reply box work by setting a tracking cookie from the eventual destination website so in theory most cookie cutter programs should let it through as it's not a "foreign" cookie. Having said that I've not really checked it much with cookieware.
The cookie lasts for a number of days (different from each site) and if you go back to the site with "our" cookie still around and order then we get a commission, this ranges from around 1.5% to something like £28 (That's for anyone that takes out car insurance after clicking on the RAC insurance one)
The GoogleAds that will probably be appearing at the TOP of the threads are on a $/Click basis (well, it's more like $0.02 per click, but it all adds up)
Hope this answers the question, if you've any more queries then feel free to PM me.
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