outgoing links bleed PR

someone at another site is saying that outgoing links bleeding PR is a myth.

I've searched and can't find an artical to prove them wrong bu I know I've read it..

can anyone provide a link that says outgoing links to low PR sites or sites of topic can hurt you

PR is divided among all external links on a given page. Therefore, the more links, the less PR that can be passed to each URL. Unnecessary links might be considered a PR bleed in this way.

This is why the concept of 1-url-per-resource that we adhere to with vBSEO is so important. Multiple access URLs to the same content divides and reduces the total PR contribution per link. It also allows users to link to the same content from multiple different URL formats which is also a non-optimal situation for PR maximization.

Originally Posted by Joe Ward

PR is divided among all external links on a given page..

do u have a link or source that proves this ?

thx

Check out: Pagerank Explained. Google's PageRank and how to make the most of it.

A page "votes" an amount of PageRank onto each page that it links to. The amount of PageRank that it has to vote with is a little less than its own PageRank value (its own value * 0.85). This value is shared equally between all the pages that it links to.

From this, we could conclude that a link from a page with PR4 and 5 outbound links is worth more than a link from a page with PR8 and 100 outbound links. The PageRank of a page that links to yours is important but the number of links on that page is also important. The more links there are on a page, the less PageRank value your page will receive from it.

prefect thx Joe