Cross Linking from the same Server(s)

I apologize in advance if this isn’t the appropriate category for my question. I also posted this topic in SEO Help, basically b/c I didn't know where to raise this question.



My question is the following, does anyone have any insight as far as if the SE’s (Google, Yahoo, new MSN SE), are getting wise to cross linking within the same server or closely related IP’s? Can they penalize you for this and/or not give as much importance to a link that is incoming but from the same server?



Are future SE algorithms planning on adding this element?

I have not yet been penalized for stuff I have done, but others have told me of bad stuff eventually happening if you are too aggressive with it.

there are logical reasons to cross link stuff. search engines may or may not become more aggressive in the future with how they handle this, but they will get smarter in HOW they handle this issue...which will make it easier for them to separate out "good" from "bad"...which will allow them to use more stringent standards

If you do this with your own websites, and are not overly agressive, you should be okay. I have not been penalized for this either. But yes, search engines will get smarter in how they handle this issue. How they take future action on this remains unknown. It would seem to penalize webmasters who host, while not affecting webmasters who do exactly the same thing via a variety of web servers.

One thing that is already underway is the value of the link, from one site to the other. Everyone expects this to continue to evolve.

Regards,

Agalychnis