Max # of Reciprocal Link Exchanges?

is there a max number of reciprocal link exchanges (hardlinks) you should do on your page? i think someone here said no more then 50 or so. can anyone else confirm?

what about using the A-B-C approach? i heard this was better then reciprocal exchanges.

Two different questions but I will try and help you

Google recommends keeping links to less than 100 on a page (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769). However I will tell you that reciprocal links pages are often getting deindexed these days.

that is not to say they cant be made in a way which google will find of value. First off try and include descriptions with the links, not just anchor text. second keep them organized in an a-z format perhaps or categories. Third try and get some links to your links page, this will help tell Google it is a relevant resource. Fourth keep them relevant to your industry and site focus. Dont exchange gambling sites with a dog toy site, pretty self explanatory.

Triangulated linking is OK but easy to figure out. All relevant links are good, if it were me since I don't know for sure triangulated linking works better or worse than reciprocal I would try and do triangulated just because I can... reciprocals can be very valuable still if they are highly relevant. Or in content or some other method that isn't on a string of links page.

But all in all one way quality links are what you ultimately need, and much time should be focused on achieving those links in general.