Quote Originally Posted by Rich View Post
i see some sites are listed that do not have back links to these places and it makes me wonder if google will find the sites on my homepage on its own or if by sending them for listing on these other sites it will be better for me.

I guess you where searching for backlings at google using "link:domain.com"... head over to http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/ and search for the url (e.g. http://www.domain.com ) using the top input box (not the one on the side)