Before you get all angry, yes you should leave outbound links on many occasions. To cite a source or to reference something. But in the example below you can see how they are very bad in this instance. So I was doing some research for a client. They are a catering company so i clicked on a competitor’s PPC ad. Next thing I knew 2 clicks later I was at another site. It just struck me as funny because this company was bidding on the first spot for “orange county catering” which costs $4.25 according to the keyword tool. So he in essence paid 4 bucks to send me to another website. So i gave him a quick shout with this free seo tip.
