link lists have rules for a reason
(to all people that hate those - I know you do, so shut up and let it slide, epsecially clickbuster)
seriously though you missed out on the good ole days of free site building where you could do the things you are talking about, you used to be able to have pages n pages with links to tons of sites and do pretty much what you wanted within reason and all the scammers and cheats and scumbags took advantage and now you gotta play by the current rules... it's all about protecting the surfer first and foremost, figure out how to be creative and stay within the rules or find/build your own traffic and do what you want with it