2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/166850We study the quandle counting invariant for a certain family of finite quandles with trivial orbit subquandles. We show how these invariants determine the linking number of classical two-component links up to sign.10 pages, corrections suggested by referee. To appear in J. Knot Theory RamificationsGeometric Topology57M27; 57M25text