Can you create instant credibilityNOV 14 1999

Can you create instant credibility to your site with just a link? Apparently so...all the "techno" design sites out there have some sort of a link to Shift, Born Magazine, Kaliber 10000, and Digital Thread. Very clever actually: visit these sites and you know what to expect from this one. Of course, there's a whole other class of Web site that depends on that same principle.