Questions about reciprocal links

[Jim_Westergren]

Hi,

Have a few vital questions for me as I am just making a new site.

In your answers please write "assumed", "proven" or even "could be". Thanks.

1. Site A links to B and site B links to A, any penalty or only less benefit?

2. Site A links to B and on a subpage on site B it links to A. Any penalty? Or only less benefit? Or the SEs doesn't see it?

3. Site A, B, C, D and E links to F and G. Site F has one link to G. Good or bad? Anti-detected?

Bonus question :) : I have 10 sites. They all link heavily (most of them sitewide) to my business site and network site. It is the business site that I want to get high rankings. Both the business site and network site has PR 5. I am now reconstructing the network site. How should I build it, in regards to the links? Only one link to the business site so that all PR 5 gets distributed there or do I make links to subpages so that the PR gets multiplied? If you have some good advice on this I would be very happy! I am making the site this very moment and wanted to finish it tonight.

Thank you!

As exchange for the info I have the thread of the SEO test ...
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=24341

[Smyrl]

1. Site A links to B and site B links to A, any penalty or only less benefit?



There is lots of speculation regarding reciprocal links like described in 1. I have not seen any discernable drawbacks. This does not mean reciprocals might be liability in future. Quality one way themed links would be ideal but any link from a non-spammy site is not to be sneezed at in my book.

Shannon

[Jim_Westergren]

There is lots of speculation regarding reciprocal links like described in 1. I have not seen any discernable drawbacks. This does not mean reciprocals might be liability in future. Quality one way themed links would be ideal but any link from a non-spammy site is not to be sneezed at in my book.
Hmm. Me myself I have not seen any negative effect of it but a WMW member wrote to me once that it totally ruined his sites so after that I am a bit scared.

[Smyrl]

Well I have sites with recips that are doing ok in my book. It is hard to say where they would be if recips were not in place. I do not have lots of recips in place. The ones I have make sense to me such as artist linking to local art association and local art association linking to her. Art association links to all members who have webs.

I ignored your other questions for did not think I was best person to speculate.

Shannon

[Jim_Westergren]

Ok thanks for info Shannon.

Hope I also get feedback from other DP members on this issue.

[Smyrl]

My neighbor has three sites of her own: A, B, and C. She has done sites for three others: D, E, and F. All six of the sites have sitewide footer links going back to site A. The number of links to site A far outnumbers the number of links to B and C yet all have same pagerank so sitewide links to A does not appear to help that much.

Shannon