Lets settle this.....Effect of dedicated IPs on Google PR

[RadiantX]

I was reading on a techie forum that the idea of having a dedicated IP for each domain would increase Google PR was just a myth.

According to this discussion, 1000 diff IPs for 1000 diff domains has the same effect on Google PR as 1000 domains on avirtual account sharing 1 IP address. Assuming the host has the server and accounts configured correctly.

Otherwise, the millions and millions of web sites on shared hosting accounts would all be considered only a fraction (since thousands share a single IP), and that assumption would be just silly.

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/myth-b...-ip-addresses/

I'm leaning towards the belief its a myth because I have a handful of PR4 sites sharing a single IP with a dozen or so PR1, PR2, & PR3 sites. To say that Google doesnt recognize a site or gives it less weight because it shares an IP seems a little absurd.

Everyone's thoughts on this?

[directfiesta]

It is quite different to have 250 various sites from different genres belonging to different person on one shared ip... to the same type of sites with the same genres ( content) belonging to the same individual on the same IP ...

[RTP]

Matt Cutts is right and yes it is also noted if its the situation as above though (250 on same)...thing about Google is they change algorithms daily (slightly) to compensate for different factors,...host saturation issue is one they are aware of and adjust accordingly