Sure and Wikipedia really suffers!!! Linking out to related sites is cool.
Here is just one of my link outs
Local councils : Directgov - Directories Now that is massive - The UK Mortgage market is in deep doggy doo, but my site is still attracting new hits everyday.
This forum is awash with OBL's billions of them - has it affected the search results?? Think searcher - create a site that is of interest to the public - create a service.