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I'm based in the UK and currently host 8 sites on the same 'C' class IP server. 4 Ecommerce sites and 4 all related In-Car sites (Forum, Links Directory, Affiliate sign-up and Newsletter site).
The 4 ecommerce sites link to the In-Car sites but not to each other. The In-Car sites all link to each other and back to the 4 ecommerce sites.
I'll be honest i don't really understand what this means. But i've been vaguely informed that i need to find an alternative, by moving the 4 in-car sites away from the 'C' class server. What is a 'C' class IP and what is the alternative and do i have to find hosting in another country to get this?
Thanks for any advice you can give
Ian
Just think of the C-class-networks as streets. Your servers with different IP's are houses in the same street. Virtual servers on the same IP are different apartments inside the same house in that very street.
It is said - though not confirmed with hard facts afaik - that search engines frown upon crosslinking websites which share the same IP (appartments in a house) or share the same C-class-network (houses in the same street). If you believe this frowning-upon, your servers should move to different streets (C-class networks) or even different suburbs/towns (B-class networks).
Got it?
Got what you say, the question now is where do i find a 'B' class network, Do i have to find this in another country?
Also what determines which Class of Network a host provides and is one better than the other? is there just B & C Class of more?
Thanks again
Ian
A class-B network conists of multiple class-C networks (which can vary by size too). So usually signing up with a second ISP will allow you to get an IP address from a different class-C network.
IP-Adresses and networks as such are geographically independent, however there exist databases for so called "geotargeting" with an increasing rate of accuracy. I wouldn't worry about that though.
