Link Exchange - redirect

link exchanges redirecting to your site

[stinky]

I did a link exchage with a site, and in there html code i noticed a redirect code(at least i think it is), will google still count those links from a web site giving link back using redirects?
The code i saw looked like this:

<a href="links.php?op=visit&amp;lid=81" target="new">My Site Title here</a>

And when i click on my link i see this in the bottom of the browser window:
[-----.com...]
And then it takes me to my site.
Some more info about my link on this site, the person does have a hit counter next to my link on his page, so maybe the above code is just to record hits/click to my site. In either case i was unable to find my web address in his html code but when i click on the link it does take me to my page. The main question is will google count these types of links?
Any input would be appreciated

[seindal]

Retrieve his /robots.txt and check if /links.php is allowed. If it is allowed, the SEs can follow the link and transfer pagerank, but if it is disallowed, the link is effectively a dead end and you will get no pagerank for it.