[Ben Barden]

I'm not a big fan of webrings. The problem is that you don't know which site you'll be taken to next until you click the link. This kind of "mystery linking" is a usability concern - it should be obvious where a link will take you before you click it.

I guess the same thing could be said about a lot of ads, but I think that's a different subject entirely. I'd much prefer to see a list of links to other blogs that the blogger likes. Good quality links are better than ones that take you on a magical mystery tour.