Google counts ?jump=domain.com as a link!

[tarponkeith]

There's a link to my site like this:
otherdomain.com/jump.php?id=43244

and google counted it as a backlink in the webmaster tools dashboard... I really didn't know they did that!

[jabz.biz]

New to me as well. Who knows what`s ahead of us with the next update...

[bluesaga]

they have always counted those links, as long as the website does a proper 301 redirect and not a crummy javascript link, or blocks the link another way (meta, rel or robots) then the link is the same as any other link :)

[usasportstraining]

They've been known to show nofollow as well.

I really don't know if what is being showed in Webmaster Tools is a true measure of what counts, let alone how much "juice" is being passed after all the other factors are weighed.

[trichnosis]

it's an intresting for me too.

it's a new info about the google backlinks:)

[ValDD]

Google is known for their tracking software, so I'm not surprised they follow these links, and probably have for some time. What's new is maybe they're actually using this data now.