Link Exchanging can be a very effective way to mutually benefit both sides of traders. But some problems arises from Link Exchanging is that your link may be removed by one trader without you ever knowing. I think that whenever anyone does a link trade, they are obligated to keep it there indefinitely unless you put a time frame to it or the website is no longer in existence of course. Or at least inform the other person what are you doing, otherwise it's not too much different than stealing. You broke an agreement, and your basically buying a one-way link without paying for it. The i trader system doesn't completely protect users either, I suppose there is no absolute guarantee for honest trades. That's why I propose that if anyone has had your link removed in a link exchange, post it on this trade the url of the site and username if you still remember. Or at least make a thread somewhere about it. That way before people go into trades they can at least run a search and see if this person has a record of being and unhonest trader. I don't know if this is a new idea, old idea or a dumb idea. But its worth a shot, at least it gives people a little more assurance and punishes those in someway for wasting other peoples time and breaking agreements, instead of running away scratch free.