Time page are cached vs. link benefit

i have been busy on a link building campaign over the last few weeks for my website: thepinpeople.com. I have been able to get some great link backs with great anchor text.

i have checked the pages that have placed the links on them and Google has cached them within the last few days to a week.

How long approx. before I will be able to see them using the link: with Google?

most are pr 4-5's. I know that even though the page is cached by Google it takes some time for the SERPs to update. Can anybody give me the Readers Digest version of this?

thanks in advance!

When you use the "link:site" command Google shows a random sample of your backlinks.
So you might never see them that way!

If you subscribe to Google sitemaps (even without a sitemap) you will get a much more comprehensive list but - if the page is cached/indexed, the links aren't "nofollow's" and there's no restriction in robots.txt, robots metatag or any cloaking involved, Google will be aware of them.

As for "will they give you full/any credit for them" it rather depends on what they are and where & how you got them: Are they paid? How relevant? Are they Natural? Are they sitewide, three-ways, reciprocals, sites sharing your server, authority sites... etc

Are the sites linking to the sites linking to you still linking to them? Are those links following those same rules and are those sites now also linking to more sites (therefore diluting some of the link juice you would have gotten otherwise); are they buying links and somebody has recently informed Google of the fact?

Amongst all these goings on - are Google currently installing algo' changes? Yes they are!
Do some of those changes involve PR/link valuation? Yes they do.

What chance do you have of second-guessing the timescale? Every chance... But guessing is the best that you can do!

Thanks for the info.

Much appreciated.