Comments on: Myth busting: virtual hosts vs. dedicated IP addresses

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:45:29 +0000

Matt:

Any update on this subject?

What if subscribe to a service, shared hosting, shared CMS etc… and you happen to link to another site on the same IP?

By: ionrane

ionrane — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:53:38 +0000

I, also, would like updated information.

What is the point of having your site listed TOP #1 spot on a google search for this topic, when it is many, many years outdated. This page and site ought to be WAAAY down in the google search, as it is outdated and not maintained.
..OR the provide a response and updated information.

Obviously, this webmaster knows a lot about this subject, SEO, and google page ranking to skew the results sooo high that this, essentially Dead page, displays #1.

A simple sentence or two by the author to bring his “authoriatative page” current is sufficient. Else, drop down!
It would be nice if the Author could participate, Share, remain current !
After all, Matt is the one gaining status posing as an expert by publishing this article (at the top of google’s stack.) There is some sort of responsibility associated with this page rank!

If Matt’s 4.5year old article is true, then I’m curious why..
My web host Advertises Dedicated IP’s as being: “Awesome for SEO.”
Is it false advertising, or if they haven’t got their servers settup correctly, or is this article inaccurate and obsolete as of 2011.

By: Lowell

Lowell — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:19:11 +0000

Back in the day when reciprocal links mattered more to Google, I linked my related websites together as well. I have about 150 domains and in the past have linked the sites within each niche market together. I had not even considered the shared IP address for all sites being a problem until I began reading about it recently. While Google may devalue the links, they do not throw them out completely.

I have come to the conclusion that the possible ‘pros’ of having unique ip’s for every domain and website DOES NOT justify the cost. The fact is. If you can get quality ‘one way’ back links from high ranking websites, that is where your efforts really pay off. Spend money on buying quality links to your website… don’t spend it on a dedicated server with multiple ip’s. (Just make sure you are on a quality hosting site with a good track record of ‘zero-tolerance’ against spam… etc).

By: Nate Falconer

Nate Falconer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:42:17 +0000

Hey Matt, great info. I totally agree that an update on this information would be extremely helpful because your post is over 4 years old and its been nearly 6 years since the Slashdot interview you mentioned

By: John

John — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:32:32 +0000

In PageRank, a vote for a page is a vote for a page – right? It is my understanding that the IP address has nothing to do with it. However, the question that Richard asked has remained unanswered by Matt on this blog post for over four years now:

If I have 100 client websites hosted on one shared IP address, and some of the clients want to link to each other – will these links from the same IP address be discounted by Google’s algorithm?

I’m guessing the answer is no, they will not be. But there are many rumors and claims out there stating otherwise.

Please Matt – answer this question for us in 2011.

By: John

John — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:32:08 +0000

In PageRank, a vote for a page is a vote for a page – right. It is my understanding that the IP address has nothing to do with it. However, the question that Richard asked has remained unanswered by Matt on this blog post for over four years now:

If I have 100 client websites hosted on one shared IP address, and some of the clients want to link to each other – will these links from the same IP address be discounted by Google’s algorithm?

I’m guessing the answer is no, they will not be. But there are many rumors and claims out there stating otherwise.

Please Matt – answer this question for us in 2011.

By: Thambu

Thambu — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:15:13 +0000

Hi Friends,

I hosted my website in Shared IP which has 6065 websites. In that 11 website are porn is any way it will affect my website. If so, I can move to dedicated IP right?

Thanks in Advance

By: Daniel SM

Daniel SM — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:24:56 +0000

Ok. So if I host 15-20 blogs like another guy just mentioned above, but I will not link them to each other. Will my page rank get distributed between them?

By: Dubai

Dubai — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:02:40 +0000

Ok I Get It Interlinking 500 Sites whether on the same ip or different ips would look shady to google. but would there be any harm in terms of seo to interlink 12-15 websites dealing in similar topics of interest and hosted on the same ip
thanks

By: jonny

jonny — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:26:43 +0000

Hi,
Please can you just clarify for me… You are saying if you hosted 10 sites by the same hosting company on the same IP address all within the same niche, all with links to each other, then Google would not discount these sites at all!?