Changing IP but not Host

Will this kill my rankings?

[RussellC]

I have heard of people changing their hosts, but I am actually just switching servers within the same host so my IP will change but name servers will not change. Is there anything special I need to do to make sure I don't get dropped from Google?

Thanks.

[MHes]

Hi

It should be fine, but I would'nt change too much content during the transfer. I haven't got my head round why this happenned but a few months ago I changed ip and rebuilt the site with new content at the same time..... it dropped like a stone. I'm sure it was not the new content which caused the problem, I just wonder if the 'total' change upset google in some way.

I know the above sounds crazy but my gut feeling is to keep everything the same while changing ip addresses.

[wanna_learn]

Well, Well, Well

Dont have any good experience with changing IPs
If your site is quite stable, regularly crawled, high PR with some reputed Links.... go for it.

Else
Think twice (IMO)

[BigDave]

Our ISP changed our IP address last year and it went off without a hitch. Googlebot found the new address in less than a day.

But just because it worked in our case does not mean that it is going to in yours. I haven't heard any horror stories lately, but you never know.

Good luck.

[GranPops]

Changed an IP on Saturday and Bot found the new one on Sunday.

[wanna_learn]

Heard of aftermath of chaging IP coming up after 6 Months?

Yeah! I change the IP of one of my sites and it disappeared after few Months.
After researching, I came to know that GoogleBot had started hitting the old IP again...where it dint find anything.