SuddenlySara - 11:53 pm on Feb 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

I agree with Crush for the most part. But don't get rid of your links pages... Depending on what type of links going out relating to your content. A page with many outgoing links and few if any to that page coming in were or will be devalued. You can always rebuild those pages with more content and get related or non related links coming into that page and it WILL come back with so called PR too.

I'm seeing that on many sites even during these new Google changes.

If you want to do link exchanges KEEP doing it as long as it's related and usefull content for your surfers.

I think Brett had this figured out a long time ago and where ever his post is to make a site work in a year whatever holds strong.

Guestbook spammers and all that get one way links in still work like a charm on any major search engines.

I hate that. But they are getting devalued now too.

I'm kind of lost in my thoughts here but to sum something up. Go ahead and build link directories as long as it's relevant sites to your content your linking out to.

Sites that have a particular niche then have a links page..Then in that links page they have a minny directory of many different topics of links going out will and have been dying for the last couple years.

Example my site about "cars" (not really but thinking of getting a new car;) Then I have a link at the bottom of my page called "links" or whatever. Usually quit hidden from the surfer but ok for the Webmaster because I have PR. The link page goes to a directory like this; Home Shopping, Videos, Wedding Sites, and so on. Then you click on one of the above with a page full of those topics. Those sites are failing now and people come hear and say I'm white hat cause my site is about "cars".