Seo1 - 4:41 pm on Aug 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

Buddha

Yes you are right if you are not actively participating in the link farm you cannot supposedly be banned.

Yes who you link to can also hurt you whether they provide a link back or not.

Besides the issue of who you link to ...there is another issue many miss when playing with links and that is the time factor.

Most authority sites that I researched (1995 & 1996) domain registered dates were the selection criteria and few of these sites built over 100 links per year or 1000 over a decade...or for monthly break down 10 per month.

how long did it take you to build 1,000 links? (If you did.. again no clue here)

All I can say if it was a matter of less than a year and depending on your categry you may see the answer....