RichTC - 12:37 am on Nov 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

we have links pages on various sites and not had any problems

That being said on two sites we took away reciprocal links where they were to sites off topic and reduced the number of outbound links and the serps position improved on both those sites.

In my mind you want plenty of incomming links and few outgoing unless they are to sites on topic with yours. Thats my two pennys worth anyway.