Blog links no longer count as backlinks?

Could this be true?

[HughMungus]

I have two sites that used to have a *lot* of links from blogs (since it was a service for blogs). Now, none from blogs. THey simply don't show up as backlinks. A reaction to blog spamming and junk blogs, perhaps?

[Swash]

I have sites with 200+ blog backlinks still showing.

[kvalentine]

Good question. I only had one blog link but it isnt showing since the recent update.

[Swash]

I can assure you Blog backlinks still count.

[HughMungus]

I can assure you Blog backlinks still count.

Hmm...I wonder where my 200+ went...

[Swash]

Were your blog links all from one particular blog provider?

[HughMungus]

No. A bunch of different ones (including Blogger, owned by Google). What made me check into it is that I have new site that has only two bacllinks, one of them was from a blog and that backlink appers to have disappeared in the last update.

[webnewton]

Links from blog pages with pr 4 or more do show up in backword links. To see all the pages linking to you which are indexed by google use command. "+www.domain.+com"

[abates]

I had some blog backlinks which disappeared three updates ago, and came back last update, so it's possible that it's all coincidence. :)

[cbpayne]

Just because a backlink is not in the sample that Google shows for a site does not mean its not counted.

[ukgimp]

There was a thread in supporters which even made it onto the from page. Links were being diverted through a script and the anchor text/pr was being removed. This only applied to the blogs Google had "control" over.

[HughMungus]

To see all the pages linking to you which are indexed by google use command. "+www.domain.+com"

Excuse my ignornace but what's the difference between this and "links: widgets.com"

[BigDave]

"links: widgets.com"

First off, you want to remove that space between the ":" and the "w", and als change the spelling to "link". If that was the way you were doing the command, you were not receiving backlink data.

[HughMungus]

First off, you want to remove that space between the ":" and the "w", and als change the spelling to "link". If that was the way you were doing the command, you were not receiving backlink data.

OK, this is weird. For another site:

link:widgets.com gives me 3 results
link: widgets.com gives me 216 results
links: widgets.com gives me 363 results

What's the difference between these three methods (and the other method mentioned)?

[chadmg]

link:widgets.com searches for links to widgets.com
link: widgets.com searches for the keywords "link:" and "widgets.com"

Searching with this might give you better results:
"+www.widgets.+com" -site:widgets.com
-or-
"widgets.+com" -site:widgets.com

[HughMungus]

OK, so, as I asked earlier, what's the difference between that and doing links: widgets.com?