9 authority sites that give out free links

Inspired by Scotts post about how to get a link on CNN and the BBC I decided to investigate the top high authority sites that give out free search engine spiderable links.
The first 8 sites are all allowing Google to index their web search results and News.com allows even the spammiest viagra comments.

• CNN
• Orange
• Contact Music
• Orlando Sentinel
• BBC
• Tiscali
• Exalead
• Web.de
• News.com

These links may or may not have been devalued by Google.

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