chopin2256 - 4:34 am on Apr 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

I'd recommend a unique IP for any site you plan to invest time or money in.

I am actually following this advice, since I want my domain to be protected. My only problem now is, I am so used to shared hosting, and it being so easy. A few days ago, I purchased Virtual Hosting with a dedicated IP address, and when I signed in my account, I was so lost. Instead of Cpanel, I was introduced to WebAdmin, a program I never used. Apparently I have full control and can install whatever I want now (NICE!), something I was not even aware of, until I purchased this virtual account. I am very good with computers, so I can probably learn how to do this, but I didn't realize that having a virtual or dedicated server, gives you too much freedom, where it can be hard to learn. Does anyone else use WebAdmin? What other control panels do you guys use? Is it possible that I can install a free version of CPanel?

It means se techs do what you do - the thing that is easiest and quickest to do. If you are on an IP with 100 sites and 20 of them are nasty sites, is the tech going to set there and enter a manual ban on all 20 and risk missing 10 others he doesn't know about? Nah, he is going to do that which is easiest and just ban the ip.

If the SE techs ban the IP of the host, the domain name actually is still safe technically. Its worse to have the domain name banned, than the IP of the host, right? This way, you can just switch to another host...or am I wrong about this?

I would like to know whether most websites on the first page of search results in google are hosted on dedicated servers? Or are they on shared/virtual?

I have been on a shared hosting account for 9 months. My rankings are wonderful, so apparently hosting does not have an affect on rankings. My main concern is, by switching to a new host with a dedicated IP, that my rankings will drop. This probably wont happen though, right?