Re: Single IP/URL Vs Virtual Hosting: Does a Search Engine care?

I don't think it matters much for "rankings", but there are other potential
problems...

Some search engines track "sources of problems" by IP, and not by domain
name.

Here's a doomsday scenario:  One of the domains on your server (sharing that
server's community IP) is being promoted by a spammer.  The search engine in
question takes action to block the spammers actions - but it uses the site's
IP rather than its domain name.  Now all domains are blocked...

Furthermore, many search engines only permit X number of submission per day.
I'm sure that some of them use IP, rather than URL, detection for
implementing this defensive mechanism.  If you have 250+ domains sharing the
same IP, and plan to heavily promote them, this may be a problem.

Anyway, just some food for thought...

HTH,

God Bless America,

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Mark <Mark.Charlton(at)saint-gobain.com> wrote:
>
> I am setting up a group of sites with between 50 and 250+ different sites,
> (vague, but I don't know exact numbers yet).  One of the other members of
my
> team has been advised that to get better rankings on the search engines we
> should have each site on it's OWN IP address instead of Virtual hosting.
I
> am strongly in favour of virtual hosting for ease of management and IP
space
> conservation amongst other reasons!!   ;)
>
> I have been searching for hours through archives and search engine tips to
> find any reference to whether a spider cares how many sites are on one IP
> address or not.  If anyone has any ideas as to the effect of this to a
> spider, and/or any resources where I have a chance of finding out, I would
> be extremely greatful.
>
> Personal experience of this or knowledge of the effects would be
invaluable.

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