Opti, text is way more powerful than buttons, which is one of the reasons most people are dropping graphical links and replacing them with text links. My current 150 X 90 seems to split the difference between most, and I haven't had more than one negative comment on it since I put it in.
Remember, free sites lose most of their "new site" traffic within a few days, but the SE bots keep visiting. A nice link with text is much more beneficial, I think.
I am NOT a fan of the return links with marquee and scrolling text on them. I think that is pushing the edge a bit. Some of them are okay, but some of them are VERY aggressive.
Alex
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