It really makes sense to have a links page it is a great source of free traffic.
You need to know a couple basic things about linking, I see a lot of people who don't understand the basics.
1. Put a link from your home page to your links page. This is the
reason people will link to you, don't try and cheat, if you do people
will figure it out and drop your link.
2. Don't put 1000 unrelated links on a page. This makes you look like a link farm plus nobody likes to look at it.
3. Don't use php or other dynamic pages for your links.
4. Don't bother trying to come up with a java script link to your links page to cheat.
5. Start off with Categories of your links pages, you will need them very soon.
I don't really understand the people who try to cheat with their links
pages, the amount of page rank you lose is tiny, but a lot of people
like me, when we catch you will just drop your link, so your benefit is
very small and the loss is large. Not a good way to go.
June 20, 2005