8 replies to this topic

[ABK]

Hello everybody,
I have couple of websites and I want to launch them on the net.
I have to pay a hosting service so I have to ask if there is any real benefit in terms of traffic, placement in SE's, crawling, indexing the websites etc. if I host them on different C class IP's and not on shared ones. In average a different C class IP will cost me about 3 times more than a shared one.
Based on your experience is it worth pay more for this kind of hosting? Is it such a big difference between these 2 types of IP's?

Thanks.

[Jill]

Yes. If you're a spammer, you'll want to make sure the engines don't know that all your spam sites are related and owned by you.

If you're not a spammer, then no worries.

[ABK]

I understand that but I want to make myself pretty clear here. I have 5 websites and I want to launch them. They cover different areas and subjects. Of course that I want to rank them well, get a lot of traffic etc. etc. I think I have done a pretty good job with them in terms of on-site optimization and now I'm thinking to some other small adjustments to help me with this but I'm not intending to do "black hat".
I have also a budget so that's why I was asking if it worths paying for different C class IP's.
Now, if I place every website with different webhosting companies but on a shared IP package would this help?

Thanks.

[chrishirst]

Now, if I place every website with different webhosting companies but on a shared IP package would this help?

No

[ABK]

So you suggest to pay the extra money for the different C class IP's.
Can you be more specific on how this will bring more benefits? SE's will rank this websites better?

[Randy]

So you suggest to pay the extra money for the different C class IP's.

No. There is no need if you're running normal web sites that are on the up and up.

This is what Jill was saying above. The only time you need difference Class C's is if you're actively trying to hide something from the search engines. As long as you're proud of your sites and not up to anything funny there is absolutely no need for different Class C's.

So for the vast majority of web sites out there, there is no need for separate Class C's.

[jehochman]

I'd generalize this advice and say that any time you are doing something sneaky or convoluted, you have to ask why you are taking that risk. If something is legitimate, there is no reason for sneaking. If you are caught being sneaky, people will immediately assume the worst.

[Jill]

Exactly! If you have something to hide, then by all means -- hide it. If you don't, then don't.

[ABK]

Ok guys, thanks for your input