Changing a site's IP address

[jojojo]

Hi everyone.

I have a new site that is only 2 weeks old - interms of having spidered sites linking to it. A few days ago I moved the domain to a different IP address.

I am assuming that the original site was spidered at some point. How can I tell if google has switched the DNS to my new IP address now. I have deleted the content from the old IP. This site has 100 pr4-5 sites pointing at it.

Will this move cause any hiccups?
How can I tell if google is visiting my new ip?
If it has a hard time finding it could I always move it back to the old IP?
Should I have not deleted the content?

please let me know,
thanks

[jojojo]

I could really use some feedback here

[joeuz]

Hi jojojo,

The safe thing to have done (and what most on this board will tend to advise you to do) would have been to keep the old site up for a month or two after the move to the new IP. In my opinion, it all depends on the settings of the DNS server hosting your domains. I once moved a handful of websites from one IP to another and Google picked them up from the second day without returning to the old ones. But I had the DNS cache expiration set to 1 hour. Now all those websites dropped in PR the next update, but I'm not sure whether it had anything to do with the move or not.

The easiest way to know if Google found your new IP is to check your website's logs.

Joe

[jojojo]

I re-uploaded the old site. I'm not sure what to look for in the new logs - what do I look for in refferer stats?

[joeuz]

Look for 'Googlebot' it in the browser type, not the referrer

[jojojo]

thanks - I have been checking my log files - how often does googlebot visit?