FWIW, we have seen a growing trend of smaller sites (links lists, tubes, cams, discount sites, etc) with increasingly larger link budgets over the past year. Not sure if that's a major factor, but it's likely a contributing factor. I know of several "smaller sites" with $xx,xxx link budgets over the past year, and certainly a LOT with budgets of $x,xxx.
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