annej - 3:18 pm on Jan 29, 2007 (gmt 0)

One thing I'd like to know is if all those pages link back to the homepage is really any there any leakage?

Another example would be how a site might have the same set of navigation links in a subsection all linking to each other. It's a good way visitors can see all the pages on a topic but does it hurt in terms of leakage or does it just all even out?

If you look at the useability of the site it seems to me that 60 links on the homepage would be overwhelming to the visitor. So there are other reasons to cut down on the number of links.