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Check out the following servers:
216.239.57.105
216.239.57.104
216.239.57.99
216.239.57.98
www.google.com
Just click on one of the IP links and add your domain to the end of the URL in the address field or in the search field after the link: text.  Remember the number of backlinks and then do the same with the google.com link.  After the BL update is finished they will all report the same numbers. 

Related Link: Check out my PageRank Update List History

It is still in a speculation stage, no confirmation yet.

Recently a lot of people have reported in WebmasterWorld.com that their ranks have been hit by Google after adding new pages in a bulk (about 20% and above). Typically, people who have added pages between 2 indexing cycles have reportedly lost ranks of their well placed old pages, that were ranked high for a long time. This development is worth noticing since, addition of new pages in bulk was the only change for most sites before losing ranks.

You can read this thread here

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