Jane_Doe - 4:25 pm on Feb 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

Sorry if I'm missing something, but the title of your post mentions recips in a directory structure and the body mentions purchased links either within content or on a links page. Aren't recips two way and puchased links one way links?

Different sites/industries/pagerank/trustrank etc. etc. etc. can open a whole host of possible corruptions in your test.

I agree. There are many more considerations to getting links than links page or not.

Trust rank is often a huge factor. I bet a link from a links page on the BBC's web site would carry a lot of weight even if it was a PR0 "further resources" type of page. The best sites to get links from are often the ones that do not sell links.

[edited by: Jane_Doe at 4:30 pm (utc) on Feb. 28, 2007]