Right now my site has a PR5 without any links on the site. I know that linking is crucial for rank and traffic but i've read in some of the forums if google does not like your links your PR and rank can drop drastically
DaveAtIFG
3:42 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
There is plenty of discussion about this topic in the Google News forum. The description in the charter [webmasterworld.com] of this forum says, "Topics dealing with acquiring links."