Do links in the source code which are not visible on the page leak link juice?

Hi folks

I was wondering do the links that you get in the source code of your wordpress pages like the w3.org one which are not visible on the page and any others that your plugins may put in, are these links leaking link juice? Should you nofollow them or remove them altogether? Do they need to be there?

Many thanks

 

The best way to answer this question is to View Source on the page. If you see the link, then it is a "yes".

Google also has a great tool for this, "Fetch as Googlebot" in Webmaster Tools. Here if the link shows without a NoFollow tag, then again the answer is "yes".

 

This is assuming you want to direct the link juice on to someplace else that is.

Thanks