Effect of changing ISPs of search ranking

does changing hosting co. effect rankings?

[wedesign]

We may need to change hosting company (ISP) where our non-profit site is hosted. We have fairly good ranking on some terms. I need to know if that will effect our current rankings. Although our domain name will remane the same, I assume the actual IP address will be different with a new ISP. Does this effect anything as far as search rankings, etc. Thank you!

[webnewton]

I dont' think there will be any problem. We've done it many times with our sites. Go ahead.

[storevalley]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld wedesign :)

I need to know if that will effect our current rankings

Our experiences pretty much match webnewton's ... so long as the new hosting company doesn't suffer a lot of downtime.

hosting company (ISP)

Quick note ...

• ISP provides connectivity (dial up/broadband service)
  
• Hosting company provides web space
  

Although some companies do both, they ain't necessarily the same thing ...

[simonuk]

Welcome aboard!

The only thing you need to be careful of is how the old/new host actually hosts your site. If either use frame forwarding or such like then it will have an affect.

Simon.

[wedesign]

Thanks for everybody's responses.