Yep, those banners are a bit more clear now
The reason behind the banner change is to avoid blind links. To give you a better understanding of blind links, here's a great thread on the subject;
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ad.php?t=23441
On the folders issue, there are several ways to do it. Probably the simplest is:
domain.com/keyword/index.htm
domain.com/keyword2/index.htm
domain.com/keyword3/index.htm
etc..
There should be no problem with using htm instead of html. However, if you do decide you want to use html...that should be a very easy fix.
Recips wise, Ronnie is right...I've seen 6 that look like crap...and I've seen as many as 20 that looked great. 12-16 is a pretty good sweet spot. To use that many recips and make em look good, a lot of folks use custom recips. Doing so enables one to keep the recips consistent thereby creating a cleaner recip table. Very few link sites mind if you use custom recips as long as you maintain the links and anchor text. A board search for 'custom recips' should return some good info on the subject. Or, surf some free site listings...you'll know the custom recips when you see em
