I think this would be a fine idea. The only thought I would add is that you also take the <ul> tag out of the cgi code. So a template would look more like this:

<ul>
<%loop link_results%>
<li><%include link.html%>
<%endloop%>
</ul>

Maybe it's already like that, I can't remember since I wanted my links to display without the unordered list tags.

Would this logic also apply to the sub-categories as well, and if so, how does it relate to building results into multiple columns?

Bryan