I thought I've read somewhere that if you setup multiple websites and those websites are also linking to one main site if all the sites share the same IP search engines will not rank the smaller sites or even all of them as a whole. Is this correct? If so would it benefit me to use another IP that's assigned to my dedicated server or would it be best to get a whole new webhost just for the smaller sites?
I would use a seperate IP if going to link the sites together. If you link a bunch of sites together on the same IP it can be classified as a link farm giving the links lesser value.
Aaron, Would it be ok to use one of my other IP's on the dedicated server or just find a cheap couple dollars a month host to put them on?