dasboot - 5:46 pm on Jan 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

It's mostly b*llocks.

Think about it:

Reciprocal links: - this means that your site, and the sites that link to you are connected in some way. How could you possibly penalise this? This is the whole point of hypertext in the Internet!

Unreciprocated Links - let's imagine a mega-site links to mine. OOP penalty? Once again this is nonsense. It could simply mean that my site is so important that a mega-site feels the need to link to it. That's kudos - not spam.

Balls-Up in the algo - Possible - becoming likely

New algo - slightly ballsed-up - likely

Experimental algo - incompetently looking for themes and interconnections within the site, and its link partners - and marginally f*cked-up to the extent of booting out excellent content - highly likely.