[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by mystery07

Guys,

In the universe of pages the page-rank average is a constant: 1, 100 or K....
Incoming links increase your page-rank and all agree... but since average of all page-ranks is a constant, clearly outgoing links will decrease your page-rank.

That may be true in theory. However, in the real world:

1. how many billions upon billions of pages and links go into that universe of pages?

2. how much influence is 1 link, 100 links, 1000 links, or even 10,000 links going to have on that average?

3. can you point me to a single page, just one, anywhere, where you can discern even a miniscule negative effect of outgoing links?

Hint: The answer to question 3 is "No", just to save you the trouble.

As I said, PR bleed/leakage is a myth. Period.