That is what blockchain.info node is connected to...

Nodes connected to blockchain.info yeah.
There are enough nodes, don't worry about it.

Bitcoin nodes provide decentralization. The more nodes, the more difficult it would for anyone to shut it down.

Bitcoin nodes provide connectivity to the network. If we expect users to grow, nodes should grow accordingly. If the number of users is much higher than the number of nodes, clients may not be able to connect. Setting up a node is one of the most visible ways to support Bitcoin.

I guess I didn't look at it that way thanks for opening up my eyes! I'll look into it again as I did quite a bit of research a while back on it and now all of that is lost so I'll have to look at it again. (was looking to host multiple nodes on vps)

Only if port 8333 is open...

Find your ip from http://whatismyipaddress.com and look up your Ip and port 8333 here: http://www.subnetonline.com/pages/network-tools/online-port-scanner.php to see if its online.

or if you are pegged at 8 connections you are most likely not acting as a fullnode.

If not contact your ISP and ask them to open up TCP port 8333 .

Sounds like you want a cron job (or Windows equivalent) to shut down and start up your client every so often.

This is only a small minority of the nodes that are present on the network. There are a lot of nodes coming onto and disconnecting from the network all the time (mostly people running QT). IIRC there are roughly 5k nodes on the Bitcoin network