Blogger's (Google's really) Link Widget

I have been remiss. This blog hasn't had the attention it deserves for too long.
In an effort to try to make up for this sad state, I decided to pull up the Blogger Layout and add some of the blogs and websites I read and use for insight, information and perspective. Not just in Australia, but around the world, there are at least 50 or so.
Happily tracking back through the Bookmarks on three browsers, Bloglines feeds, and the saved links on Google docs, .. It was getting a little tiring even for Sunday afternoon busy work.

Then I noticed something.
I'd set the number of links to show to 8. The whole list was approaching 50 or so, and more to come, so I decided it was time to save my work and see what the blog looked like. Sure enough, only 8 were listed.
Considering the importance of inbound links in the Google eye, how does that work?
Do all the links count? They are listed, after all. Or does Gooogle only count those listed links? Are invisible links still a measure of relevance?
This deserves a little more research. I'll have to send an email to my friends at Blogger and see what they have to say.
Stay tuned.

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