mark_roach - 1:07 pm on Oct 4, 2011 (gmt 0)

Wheel I agree your approach is likely to be the way to go, but I guess it is about having a balance.

If a method still works now then why not use it and at the same time future proof yourself by building some other links in a different fashion.

I first speculated that reciprocal links might be devalued in 2001 [webmasterworld.com] but I am not sure it did me any good as they continued to work for a signifcant length of time after that.