Will Google be able to follow these links?

And will my site therefore get credit for them?

[soccer_star]

I have quite a few links to my site from toplists which look something like this:

[a-toplist-site.com...]

Am I right in thinking that because my site url is not included in the link and I'm identified by 'my-password', it won't count towards my PR or show up in my backlinks?

How about this one:

[another-toplist.com...]

My url is included at the end, will I get PR credit for that?

Thanks.

[Birdman]

Sometimes they count. I've gotten credit for redirect script links. Try link:www.yourdomain.com at google to see if they are there.

[soccer_star]

I have no backlinks at all showing in Google, even though I have a PR4 (I've only been indexed permanently for 1 month though).

At alltheweb.com doing link:mydomain.com shows only 4 links (although I have at least 50) and 3 of those are like the second example in my original post.

I suppose it's still too early to tell seeing as my site is so young :(

[Chico_Loco]

I would think that the answer depends on the redirect method used..

If the script returned a 301 redirect then they should count!

Use the server header at webmasterworld to determine

[soccer_star]

Chico,

I don't understand, am still pretty much a newbie - how do I "Use the server header at webmasterworld to determine"?

[Birdman]

Click the "Control Panel" link at thje top of the page.

Then, look to the bottom left under "plug ins".

Copy/paste one of the redirected links into the text box.