Fair play or foul?

[nottslad]

Some of my oldest free sites are about 18 months old now. Due to my stats I'm well aware of who listed me and who didnt. Through the benefit of experience my submission list is revised and now I have a better idea of where to submit in the first place for new sites I make. I'm also aware of sites that have dropped me from their database due to their policies of only keeping links live for a certain time, which I have no problem with.

What I was thinking was to remove the recips on these old sites from those who never listed me (some of which are now 404 which is no good for anyone) and also those that no longer list the site.

I'd replace them with new link lists I never submitted to in the first place and submit the old site to them. I would of course, keep the recips from those that still have me in their db no matter how few hits they are sending.

The way I see it is I'll have a fresh stream of traffic from the new listings, and those ll's that still have me listed would pick up some fresh traffic too from new listings I'd get via their recips from the increased exposure they'd get.

For the recips that I'm thinking about removing, those that listed me but have now dropped me due to the time elapsed I summise that our reciprocal 'contract' has ended and, those that didn't list me in the first place benefitted from the traffic anyway without anything in return so I dont think I owe them anything.

I'm well aware of the "build it and forget it" ethos, and also the "dont change the site once you've built it". But my last free site took me 7 hours to make and submit. I figured I could slightly change some old sites in pretty quick time that might benefit all concerned....... but I dont want to be labelled a cheater.

This is a question I've not seen posted so would appreciate the wisdom of you ll owners as I try to build a solid reputation in this biz.