How many recips = too many?

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Why do you want to go to 20? More chances for a surfer to leave your site. If I can't sell them on the index page I want a chance to sell them on my main page and having a large block of recips above the enter link gives me less chance that they'll enter my site. Personally I use 9, 3 columns with 3/row.

I will add my .02 here and this is my own personal preference & opinion.

For me, since I do not mirror my freesites, more is indeed better. The more recips and lists I put on my page, the more traffic my site is going to get. Yes, I might lose a few more clicks to the extra recips, but I am betting that the extra traffic coming in vs. going out through the extra recips will be in my favor.

Another small benefit might be more incoming links pointing at your freesite for se traffic. Although these type of links are probably not worth as much these days, they still help IMHO.