fathom
msg:961161 | 2:55 am on Dec 27, 2002 (gmt 0) |
There is no risk at all. It is best to set up your site on the new host -- wait 48 hours and then drop site off the old IP. This ensure that all world-wide ISP's have access to the old IP while waiting for the DNS change, rather than visitors and bots receiving a 404 error because their particular IPS has not updated.
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robertito62
msg:961162 | 3:27 am on Dec 27, 2002 (gmt 0) |
thanks fathom
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Marcia
msg:961163 | 5:42 am on Dec 27, 2002 (gmt 0) |
robertito, is your current hosting a shared or unique ID? And are you moving to name-based hosting or to a unique (dedicated) IP number? That can make a difference, particularly since Google is a little slow on updating DNS - they crawl by IP number and domain name.
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robertito62
msg:961164 | 6:56 am on Dec 27, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Hey Marcia, it's shared. Not moving to unique yet. Virtual accounts for me for a while :(
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Marcia
msg:961165 | 7:23 am on Dec 27, 2002 (gmt 0) |
A little background on the differences: [webmasterworld.com...] Just so you aren't caught unaware, in case Google takes a little while to catch up with the move and their description happens to look a little strange for a bit: [webmasterworld.com...]
[webmasterworld.com...]
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robertito62
msg:961166 | 1:19 am on Dec 28, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Thanks a lot Marcia!
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