Does Google Bans IP Sharing?

[sunny_kat]

Hi Everyone,

I have around more than 250 sites which have a same IP address ( 1 IP address for all the sites)

Will google take my sites ainto their filter and ban us?

[ciml]

There have been times when search engines (notably Inktomi a few years ago) would ban the sites on an IP where they believed the IP was used to host poor quality sites. But, major hosting providers often have thousands of domains on one IP address, so I wouldn't worry personally unless you think you're hosted on the same IP as a very bad neighbourhood.

[sunny_kat]

Thanks for your message

I have sites being served on a single IP address with various theme's

The theme's are

1. Books
2. Garments
3. Computers
4. Auto
5. and many others

We dont have site adult or casino site on our IP

Wil this be fine?

[vincevincevince]

Running multiple sites on one IP is common practice, and there are countless examples of such sites ranking well in Google.

[seo_empres]

ok - so we have a unique IP. We have ok PR and are working on it. As we push for better visibility and saturation in the SERPs, my question is, should I make each domain have it's own IP. All three domain display the exact same data on the exact same IP, and it is unique ... is there a benefit to having each URL on it's own unique IP rather than sharing just the one IP. We are shooting for good exposure in organic Google SERPs. My initial feeling is to put them on different IPs but the host is whining, so I am checking.

[aris1970]

I have around more than 250 sites which have a same IP address ( 1 IP address for all the sites)

Will google take my sites ainto their filter and ban us?

If you try to heavy interlink your sites and take advantage of Google PR, my vote would be towards YES. If you don't interlink them heavily and be careful with links to/from your sites, my vote would be NO.

ok - so we have a unique IP. We have ok PR and are working on it. As we push for better visibility and saturation in the SERPs, my question is, should I make each domain have it's own IP. All three domain display the exact same data on the exact same IP, and it is unique

I am sorry but I cannot understand what you mean. If you have duplicate sites and try to interlink them, Google will very soon find it out. Please clarify.

PS. I have stated many times that IP is NOT the only factor that may count for Google; WHOIS information is another hot issue to consider...

[seo_empres]

let me restate and forgive me for the stupid question please ... I have only been seo-ing for 1.5 yrs or so. I know that the sites i work on all go to unique IPs and do FANTASTIC, but this is the first time I've had a situation like this. Usually people have one site with a host and it's virtual IP, clean cut case of what needs to be done.

for this instance, there are three different URL's...

url1.com
url2.com
url3.com

they all have the same IP, exact same data, etc., but the IP never changes. It always belongs those URL's. So it's dedicated, but not unique to each URL. (as if each URL had it's own unique IP).

If I put url2.com and url3.com on a diff IP and keep URL1.com on the same IP it's on now, hence making the IP both dedicated and unique to that URL ... I could just point the other domains (url2 and url3) to url1.com (the main URL on the unique IP). We are only concerned with ranking for URL1.

Again, sorry for the obvious lack of confidence here. Thanks for any help.

:/

[seo_empres]

HaHa! we got it worked out, but thanks for the help. Aris, I'd still be interested if you care to comment. :)

[aris1970]

Dear seo_empres,

I am sorry but I got a little confused with your initial post and maybe I am still :)) ; unfortunately I am not native-English speaker.

Anyway, you said that all your domains have <<<exact same data>>>. If you mean EXACT THE SAME CONTENT then you may get in trouble very quickly.

If I were in your situation - and I am indeed :)) - I would do the following:

1. Host the 3 domains in 3 different C-block IPs (even on totally different host providers)

2. Ensure that each domain has different Whois information

3. Ensure that not more than 20% (it's an hypothesis) of the 3 sites content is identical

4. Post few links from url2.com and url3.com point TO url1.com on pages that there is NO duplicate but relevant content. When I say <few links> I mean I would not put links on more than 10% of site url2 and url3 pages.

5. Do not post backlinks from url1 to url2 and url3!

6. Furthermore I would try to differentiate the anchor text used for url1.com on the other two sites in order to avoid any kind of penalty.

Well, the above short steps are a part of my current SEO strategy for a new huge site in a very competitive industry (like your url1.com) and although it is not live yet, it has managed to achieve a PR5 and top50 positions on SERPs after just 2 months of existence. I think it's worth trying. :)

Just my 2 cents... Good Luck!

Aris

PS. Let me also note that according to my own experience the IP changes do NOT affect Google listings at all. I had 2 IP changes within 1 month for an authoritative business site and it kept its top5 G position all the time; thankfully still has.

[seo_empres]

Aris,

TY for the details. I will keep you updated on the progress. I started making minor adjustments to this great site in December and since then, we have achieved PR 4 and even some impressive top tens on MSN, Y!, & G. Not many, mind you...but still its a noticable jump with just some minor changes.

Congratulations to you on your big site, there's no rush quite like seeing your hard work pay off that way.

W