Many webmasters pride themselves in finding good links to other locations on the subject of interest. Often, these websites have become hobbies that have grown out of hand. Frankly, maintaining a high quality website takes dedication, lots of hard work and constant vigilance. Good webmasters fix these links quickly. In fact, good sites often have fewer broken links that even the best search engines.
Most search engines use software to generate a list of links.
A webmaster, who is knowledgeable about a specific subject, is a much better judge of good websites than most people who work for search engine companies. It is not unusual to discover that Kevin's site does not have a great deal of activity. On the day I visited, his websiter activity counter had only registered 1784 visits. Only 35 people had signed his guestbook. The search engines have not placed his site high on their lists or he would have many more visitors.