RSS/xml links count as IBLs?

I have a link from an xml file which looks like it is an rss feed. In the source code, the link is in the form of:

 	<LinkItem>
		<Image></Image>
		<Title>My Site</Title>
		<URL>http://www.mysite.com</URL>
		<Description>My site is great.</Description>
	</LinkItem>

Code (markup):

The page is PR 3 and recently cached. I'm wondering if this counts as a backlink to the SEs, particularily Google and how you can tell.

thanks,
Brian.

 

If the rss feed has been parsed using php/asp and then pulled into the page then its likely to count as a backlink.

Its all depends how somebody is displaying the feed. I expect links to your site from an xml file themselves don't count for much.

 

Thanks for the reply. Can you tell anything by looking at the source code of this page where the link is: http://www.sanav.com/Exchange_Links/Links_SearchEngine.xml ?

 

They are not in the standard <a href="...... format so they won't count.

 

That's what I figured but I wasn't sure whether google read rss feeds in another format like the way an rss reader does.