301 Redirect and Inbound links

Will google know what actually the link pointing to.

[Pat1975]

If I have site A which use 301 redirect to site B, but I have a lot of inbound links pointing to site A, will google and other SEs see these links as they are pointing to site B?

[Clint]

I asked something similar at the bottom of this page and got some replies.
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[Pat1975]

Thank you Clint. Even that thread doesn't exactly answer my question, but someone said that the PR will be transfered to the new site, I think it's the same case for link popularity.

Anyone please feel free to let me know if I'm wrong.

[Clint]

Here's a bump for ya.

If I had to guess (and I by NO MEANS know what I'm talking about), I'd say the answer to your question is "no". If the SE can't see meta tags on site A or page A (and I was told it can't), then I don't see how it can see links on the site A or page A webpage.

However if you are speaking about exactly as you worded it..."inbound links pointing to site A", meaning you have sites that link to Site A, I do think in that case SE's would see it as pointing to Site B since they would be following the links, and after following the link they would then get the "point" to Site B.

[Pat1975]

Yes, Clint. I mean links from other sites that link to site A.

[McMohan]

will google and other SEs see these links as they are pointing to site B?

Simple answer - Yes. But might take a while before they attach the links to Site-B.