Shaddows - 2:58 pm on Jul 29, 2009 (gmt 0)

Mmm. Tightly focussed sites that are on topic and heavily interlinked looks more like a gaming empire, rather then a gamed system. If its 'above board' (no attempt to hide the interactions), I can't see the problem.

In fact, I would say its more of a problem if Google penalised such situations. A consumer of such services might like to be able to roam between gaming sites, comfortable in the fact they are all run by the same operator, presumably an operator they trust.

Its only when you start sneaky interlinking-for-SEO that the big G should aim their counter-measures at you.