Should I get a static IP?

[livemusic]

Wow, like so much in SEO, this sure is controversial. I don't know what to do but one of my new sites, I am considering having it be a very key site, perhaps my #1 focus. I have it hosted at Godaddy as a Website Tonight hosting package. Which is built using their build-a-page software. But it's on shared hosting at Godaddy.

Should I buy a static IP for this? I have had it published for about two weeks now. Is it too late? I know Google has seen it because I just got a web alert for a certain search term that I monitor, and it's one of this site's pages.

This new site has some links to some of my other sites.

Some say static IP doesn't matter at all, some say it does. And then I wonder, if it does matter, would an SSL achieve the same thing as static IP? An SSL costs less.

Anyone else have an opinion?

[tedster]

There's dedicated versus shared, and then there's static versus dynamic. I assume you mean should you move to a dedicated IP, and away from a shared IP. Even GoDaddy shared hosting isn't on a "dynamic" IP - one that changes a lot.

1. Having a dedicated IP is not a Google ranking signal.

2. It's never too late to switch your IP address, or even your hosting service. There are some security questions with sharing an IP address and the rare DNS cross-up. More important is the demand that your shared neighbors are putting on the server and whether your site can perform well as demand increases. If you start having slow-downs, then as I said, you can always move. As long as the domain remains the same, you're fine.

[bkseo]

Even having dedicated IP is not a google ranking signal but from my experience I have had clients who moved to dedicated server and got dedicated IP and saw some ranking improvements. Again perhaps it was either that or something else but dedicate IP address perhaps helps you with building better authority with google?

[HuskyPup]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld livemusic!

I don't know what to do but one of my new sites

I have had it published for about two weeks now. Is it too late?

This new site has some links to some of my other sites.

You seem to be shooting from the hip with no direction nor basic knowledge!

Google may have given you a bit of its newbie love however, unless you've created/discovered, the next BIG thing, you are concerning yourself unnecessarily and by the looks of it far too thin.

Just how many uniques/real page impressions/real visitors are you referring to?

[Robert Charlton]

Hi livemusic, and welcome to WebmasterWorld.

This new site has some links to some of my other sites.

If you're thinking that putting each site on its own IP is going to hide that crosslinking from Google (which is what I think your line of thought here is)... it's not really that simple.

Ultimately, you're going to have to create some linkworthy content, promote it, and get inbound links from a large variety of relevant, respected independent sources.

The idea of using several new sites to promote each other is a little like thinking you can make yourself fly by pulling up on your shoe laces. Sorry to sound so harsh in response to your first post, but you're headed down the wrong road, perhaps in part prompted by my answer to this thread...

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