Comments on: Shared vs Unique IP on Shared Hosting – Initial Results

By: Afam

Afam — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:23:05 +0000

This is an eye opener. So i guess a dedicated IP address helps in page ranking.

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By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:11:57 +0000

This is so odd! I had a huge conversation inside Digital Point forums regarding this concern.

Will the IP address of my site affect the page ranking and the majority of webmasters said no there is no direct affect.

After reading your review I don’t know what to think.

I guess I should be looking at getting some Distinct IP address for all my sites cause you got it my page rank position has dropped like crazy!

I went from 400 hits a day in the last 5 months to maybe 50 hits a day!

I’ll look into this some more!

Thanks for the info bro!

Brian

By: trade show giveaways

trade show giveaways — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:09:51 +0000

hey John,
Thanks for replying and adding info. I think you are right that it could also be that a spammy site was added to your shared ip. That’s the thing with Google… there are so many variables…
That said, I like the dedicated ip address. It indicates a level of quality and commitment. Just hard to believe it would carry that much weight. Will be interesting to see.
~ Steve (aka trade show giveaways)

By: John at Website Building biz

John at Website Building biz — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:32:16 +0000

It was around February that I started having problems with SERPs, dunno if it was Google’s big “Vince” update or if that’s when shady domains got registered on my shared hosting IP.

This unique IP was added about 2-3 weeks ago and one of the target keyword phrases is still going up. (KW6 is now #14)

So yeah, its all very recent and the SERP move back up has been really sudden.

As far as inter-linking, I try keep that really limited and on-topic among sites on the same IP, but its a lot more liberal with sites on my other hosting account. (The only thing I’m strict about there is trying to keep it 1-way)

Oddly enough, that other hosting account seems to have automatically put my domains on different IPs. Its got to be some lucky coincidence because they usually charge per IP. All told, my 2 shared hosting accounts currently have domains on 4 or 5 IP addresses. Of course, free hosting like Blogspot & Squidoo can be another source of unique IP #s.

By: trade show giveaways

trade show giveaways — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:42:58 +0000

hey John,
Thanks for sharing the statistics. It’s hard to believe it could make that big of a difference, but if it does, it is well worth it. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that this is a new development?
And do you think your interlinking between your sites might suffer now if they are all the same ip? It will be interesting to see how this continues. Thanks again for sharing, and providing evidence as well.
~ Steve (aka trade show giveaways)