(Entry was posted by Edwin Jonk on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 02/24/2016).

Outgoing Links Used As Ranking Signal

" The biggest other possibility to consider: is it really the link going out that is helping or the fact that the phrase is inside of an anchor text? "

h.t. Micah Fisher-Kirshner Study: Outgoing Links Used As Ranking Signal

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Edwin Jonk: " The biggest other possibility to consider: is it really the link going out that is helping or the fact that the phrase is inside of an anchor text? "

h.t. +Micah Fisher-Kirshner ;
Rand Fishkin: SEO Study: Outgoing Links Had a Consistent, Positive Rankings Impact

Very impressive study of outbound links suggesting, near conclusively, that linking out has a positive impact on rankings: http://www.rebootonline.com/blog/long-term-outgoing-link-experiment