link inside google groups

[fraudcop]

is this link counted as a link?:

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.siteexample. com/main.htm">[link]</a> <br> <a target="_blank" ...

thanks in advance

[sugarrae]

It's a redirect link - so if by "count" you mean as a backlink as far as the search engines are concerned, the answer would be no.