Does google only counts certain backlinks?

[ric]

Does Google only count a backlink if the page the text link is on has the anchor text somewhere else on the page?

Example: I heard that Google would only count a backlink if page A had a text link with the anchor text reading blah blah, then somewhere else on the page the words blah blah appeared in the regular content. If the words blah blah didn't appear on the page then the text link wouldn't count towards helping your serps position. Is that right? :?:

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[Ultraseeker]

Like they say, there's nothing like seeing something for yourself to really believe.
If you have the Google toolbar installed (http://toolbar.google.com/) go to a popular site, check for back links (i->backwards links). Visit the pages and look at their PR, view source, use the highlighter to see the keywords on the page.
You'll find answers for what you're looking for pretty quickly.
Lots of pages in the SERPs from backlinks will have PR0 and above. Although as has been pointed out numerous times, the PR value shown in the toolbar is often inaccurate (outdated).

[HealthInfo]

Does Google only count a backlink if the page the text link is on has the anchor text somewhere else on the page?

Example: I heard that Google would only count a backlink if page A had a text link with the anchor text reading blah blah, then somewhere else on the page the words blah blah appeared in the regular content. If the words blah blah didn't appear on the page then the text link wouldn't count towards helping your serps position. Is that right?

Sounds like an interesting theory. I have not seen evidence of this, but it sounds like a good theory. As far as backlinks showing, it is a filtering process google uses.

[seoobzor]

It is well-known that backlinks are a very effective way to increase your rank in search engines. But you need a tool to control the status of the links. Do they still point to your website, what anchor text do these backlinks have and so on. Of course, you can check the status of the inbound and reciprocal links yourself, by hand. But it is a huge time-saver to use backlinks checker instead.
Collected data is displayed in a simple and handy tree-like form. All the info can be exported into a XLS, HTML, DOC file for further, more detailed analysis. You can handle several URLs, submit your target keywords to see linking sites with these keywords in anchor text and so on.
If you need check link popularity in major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN) use link popularity.

[AfricanMango1]

What happens is that Google only shows a very small portion of all the IBLs that it has in the index. It doesn't mean that it only considers the one that shows. But PR is not that important at the time of valuing an IBL.

[megri]

I think Google shows only few links out of total back links

[AfricanMango1]

I think Google shows only few links out of total back links

Sure. In order to get a better picture of the IBLs is better to run the query
linkdomain:www.whatever .com -domain:www.whatever .com on Yahoo. That will tell you almost all your IBLs, and you can assume that Google has, at least, as many IBLs as Yahoo.

[richb]

My page link popularity increase, so happy.

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[Petite]

Google counts backlinks generated by following methods only-
Search Engine Submission
Directory Submission
Social Bookmarking
Link Exchange

[Bright]

Google counts backlinks generated by the following methods-
HOSTING
ROBOTS.TXT
Bounce rate
Structured Data Markup