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Re:W3.org Paid Links for only $2500-$10000 **edit Nofollowed** by rit on Thursday February 17, 2011 @03:45PM (#2232758)
Not sure what the comment was, they do say as earlier linked in the FAQ that they instruct Search Engines to ignore links.

This I just found in the HTML for the linked supporters page:

        <meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX, NOFOLLOW" />
It would appear they are nofollow'ing the links and they should not really be considered 'paid links' WRT increasing pagerank.
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Re:W3.org Paid Links for only $2500-$10000 **edit Nofollowed** by qeorge on Thursday February 17, 2011 @03:51PM (#2232796)
Original comment was that the links were nofollowed. On the Current Members page they have the nofollow attribute right on the links.

In response, Kyle linked me to the Major Supporters page, on which the links themselves do not have the nofollow attribute, so I deleted my comment. However, it seems both Kyle and I forgot to check meta tags, and the links in question are indeed nofollowed.

Good catch. :)

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Re:W3.org Paid Links for only $2500-$10000 **edit Nofollowed** by kyle6884 on Thursday February 17, 2011 @03:52PM (#2232801)
ah, my bad guys, missed that ;(
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