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Yet an outgoing link is not likely to point to exactly the same page from which the incoming link eminates (especially where specific links pages are used).
Does this mean that Google takes entire domains into account when analyzing the reciprocality (or otherwise) of links? While I may like a link from a page on yourdomain.com, should I try to avoid giving you a link from any page on mydomain.com?
I would guess that knowing that, SE's would use link from mydomain to link from yourdomain as reciprocal because most don't link to the same URL back and forth.
But knowing that G for instance treats each page seperately, it's hard to say. And then in that case, doesn't it seem wise to use [resources.yourdomain.com...] as your link directory? because subdomains are almost always considered different domains entirely.
Let me know if you've found a definitive answer.