agent10 - 8:57 pm on Jan 25, 2004 (gmt 0)

Well certainly if you look at some travel sectors tonight a high % of page 1 sites have very few backlinks, generally with the exception of PR8 sites.
So maybe this is another filter or just a coincidence during the dance.
Certainly looking at the very low backlinks for high performing sites as of tonight many highly regarded sites with good backlink numbers but lower than PR8 may be lost!