okay so pretty stupid question but in google webmaster tools it shows 1340 that link to my domain.com and another 500 or so that link to other pages on my site is there like a time frame in which they will show up when i do link:www.mydomain.com BTW i hate the new google webmaster tools layout! thanks
They might never show all the links in google. They only show some of the links not all like yahoo does. Google will show the new links when google updates them. I do not think anyone knows when they will or how long it takes only google does.
I also notice the new layout of google webmaster tool and was confused first where to go. About the links that you've seen on your webmaster tool, it will not display on google search when you use the link command. Thats why they developed the webmaster tool because they don't want others to see all of the links of their competitors.
google will not show all of your backlinks to public. the current number is on your webmaster tools panel