MHes - 11:50 am on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hi doc_z

We will just have to agree to disagree :)

Theory is just theory, but I have sites that appear to demonstrate internal linking is uneffected by number of links from a page. The only limit is 100 links per page, otherwise they are all treated the same. External links are a different ball game and importance is eroded with the number of links out.

Googles 'practice' reinforces this, look at directories that have loads of hard links per page, and loads of internal links from their home page. The pr flow is not effected. Where a page has a sudden drop in pr despite a homepage link, the reason will be something else, such as duplicate content, penalties etc.