Google’s John Muller has confirmed by replying to Ravi Padia on Twitter that Google does not count links on the domain level.
Simply put, John Muller would like to say that each link has its own importance. Links do not contribute to the overall authority metrics that Google may use at the domain level.
Here is the tweet in which Ravi Padia asked this question:
We don’t count links on a domain level.
— 🐄 John 🐄 (@JohnMu) January 28, 2022