changing server!

will this effect ranking !

[experienced]

Hi,

I am changing my existing server to the other. Site is ranking high with Good number of visitor over it. will this effect ranking.

Exp..

[trillianjedi]

Not if you're only changing server (as in IP address).

If you're keeping the same domain, you won't have a problem. However, remember that most search engines cache IP address, so you should run both in parallel for a while until you see the spiders all coming in on the new IP address.

When your old server no longer gets spidered, it's safe to turn it off.

TJ

[JAB Creations]

I've changed IPs/hosts many times and although I'm not attempting to SEO my site in any considerably major way I've noticed no real difference.

[experienced]

I am not only changing IP adress but it is all new server now i will use for this site. so Ip would be change automatically. Most of the traffic approx 80% from google & 10% from yahoo and rest from all others.

how do i check all spiders are comming on new IP address, IN stats or Log Files or any other tool to check.

any help appreciated.

Thanks
Exp..

[trillianjedi]

I am not only changing IP adress but it is all new server

As far as the spiders are concerned it's just a new IP address.

Your logfiles will show you spiders accessing the site.

TJ

[physics]

Make sure the new server is ready for production before you make the switch to avoid down time (bad if spiders are trying to grab your site).

[experienced]

how do i check engines are trying to grab & how can i stop this. Because if i will stop any engine to visit my site then there would not be any benefit.

[experienced]

HI,

I was checking my log files, i got this url in logs [mydomainname...] where a b c d e are my folder name on root. I dont know why this structure is comming in log files. although these all are 404 pages and i have uploaded a custom error page for this 404. But still confuse how this structure in comming. along with this whatever is there between domain and my folder that does not belongs to my site.

[mydomainname...]

I think something serious is there.

Help needed.

Exp..