Static IP vs Virtual Host

[onegrim1]

I have noticed that some bots get a 404 and leave my site while the googlebot 2.1 seemed to get around this and index through fine. It did report a 404 on the index page in the raw logs. My site is currently virtually hosted, when I ran an SEO tool, it told me that it was unable to index the site because it was virtually hosted. Should I pay to have a static IP address?

Thanks

[kevinpate]

the site I'm involved with is on shared hosting, always has been,and is coming up on two years at the same host. I can't think of any down sides our arrangment has presented to anyone's robot.

[Ledfish]

I would guess that there must be some other problem because many people have virtually hosted domains that index just fine. Sure a static ip is good and it really should not cost that much extra, but it sounds to me like it may not be the solution to your problem.

[Herath]

When you use a virtual host you will most likely be sharing an IP with other websites on the same server box. If one of those websites has a bad reputation with search engines, it might pass on to you.

[transactiongeek]

Yeah, reminds me of the story of a guy who got his business banned from eBay because someone who stayed at the same temporary business residence before him defrauded a bunch of ebay users..