peregil - 9:35 am on Mar 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

Froghat. A nice method of doing this, without anyone accusing you of spamming, would be like this:

* Build your own link list. 10-20 links that you think your visitors would enjoy. Like: "My recommended sport sites".
* Ideally you should make sure that all these sites have an OK Google PageRank (PR4+), but at this stage, you really do not have to worry about that.
* Mail the webmasters of these sites. Tell them what you like about their page, and why you have added them to your list. Try to be personal. Ask them nicely if they could link back to you.

If you write a nice mail and have a decent page with real content, you should get a few link this way. Do not send reminders if they dont link back.