This might be relevant to some of the linklist problems

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

Like I said before, one obvious problem with link lists is that 99% of links going in and going out are artificial. The bigger LLs have more one-ways due to higher precentage of rejections, higher submits/day, etc. Still those one-ways are losing their power too because they still leave an obvious pattern (identical anchor text, link in a table cell, instead of a paragraph block, etc), and also because even when one side drops a link, it doesn't mean Google forgets who *used* to link to what.

Good post Halfdeck. IMO, you could also mention the fact that the freesite recips are not providing much link juice anyhow before it's degraded even further by the identical anchor text, table cell links, etc..

One way to solve the identical recips problem is to use rotating recips on your webmaster page as I do on tripleXworld.com. This gives me about 9 different link text variations (could be more) on my freesites that are submitted to me.