Hi Brian, something like this perhaps? Do you need help reading the RSS feed in general or just checking for the value?

@if(@node.Attributes["linkstype"].InnerText.ToString() == null)
{
do stuff
} 

XElement root1 = XElement.Parse(
@"<linkBox>
    <widgets>
      <widget isCollapsed='false'>
        <linkstype />
        <boxlinktekst />
        <eksternelinks />
        <interntlink>
          <contentPicker />
        </interntlink>
      </widget>
    </widgets>
  </linkBox>");

var links1 = from x in root1.Elements("widgets").Elements("widget")
             where x.Element("eksternelinks").Value != "" || x.Element("interntlink").Element("contentPicker").Descendants("content").Count() > 0

             select x;


XElement root2 = XElement.Parse(
  @"<linkBox>
      <widgets>
        <widget isCollapsed='false'>
          <linkstype>interntlink</linkstype>
          <boxlinktekst>test af internt link</boxlinktekst>
          <eksternelinks />
          <interntlink>
            <contentPicker>
              <content>1320</content>
            </contentPicker>
          </interntlink>
        </widget>
        <widget isCollapsed='false'>
          <linkstype>eksternelinks</linkstype>
          <boxlinktekst>test af eksterne link</boxlinktekst>
          <eksternelinks>http://www.onkelb.dk</eksternelinks>;
          <interntlink>
            <contentPicker />
          </interntlink>
        </widget>
      </widgets>
    </linkBox>");

var links2 = from x in root2.Elements("widgets").Elements("widget")
             where x.Element("eksternelinks").Value != "" || x.Element("interntlink").Element("contentPicker").Descendants("content").Count() > 0

             select x;

links1 should return empty

links2 should return 2 items

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