Is Google Blessing Me with Gmail Invites?

Mark Tosczak notes that Google cites blog entries, in addition to news coverage, on its PR page for Gmail.

Tosczak writes:

Obviously they have a stake in the success of blogging, but it still tells you something about who they think the online opinion leaders are.

A journalist I know asked me today if I thought Google might be granting bloggers like me additional invites because we make the first page of Google search results for "gmail invites." As Arsenio used to say, "Hmmm."