want definitive answer for interlinked sites on same ip

[Bill]

Yeah, I was taking into account that statement by Cutts in my assessment.

Cutts is not on our side in this business, I don't assume that what he says is the flat truth or the whole truth. And, if you analyze his statement, he says nothing useful.

But, like I said, the majority opinion is that google doesn't notice or care.

However, it's clear google has the tools to detect cliques and clusters of domains crowded on one server, but I would say the evidence is that they don't apply those tools unless they already have a reason to believe you are trying to spam.

In this past year, I've consolidated down from 7 servers to 4 servers, I don't expect to consolidate any more than that. The benefits of having many servers had clearly reduced, the conveinience and savings of concentrating domains made sense.