Hey Kurt,Your above post about link velocity is well stated and right on. I found this out last year on 2 of my primary sites.
I think the main thing people don't realise is the pace in which they link versus the amount of links.
It is much like adding content to a site. If someone starts off with a bang adding tons of content to their sites for say a month, then slack off to adding an article once in a while, the SEs take note.
Personally, I think this is where the saying, "add content at a slow steady drip" came from versus adding tons of content at one time.
It's not the amount, as much as it is consistancy right?
I wonder if there is such a thing as content velocity lol.
JK here at the end ...
Mary