Virtual hosting (shared IP)

Is this pretty safe nowadays?

[ThatAdamGuy]

Hi there,

I did some searching through the archives, and the consensus seemed to be:
- Most, if not all current spiders are able to handle virtually hosted sites.
- If someone on your IP spams, you're in deep doo-doo.

However, the last thread I read was dated over a year ago.

Is my understanding still correct? I'm still keeping my 'mission critical' site on a fixed hosting plan for now, but I'm testing the waters with my blog and another under-construction type site or two.

I'd definitely love to hear your thoughts about whether I should be wary signing up with a virtual host.

(For the record, this is a relatively small but seemingly quite professional mom-n-pop hosting firm that caters towards bloggers... not your typical spamhaus-attracting place. Or so it seems! ;)

[ecommerce man]

I wouldn't worry about the spam issue. What I'd worry about was the the support element of a VISP. If they don't run their own network, just a box on the network then who do you call when it's not working?

We run our network, mail servers, firewalls, everything. That way we can get to the bottom of any problems quickly without waiting in a ticketeed support queue.

We do use virtual servers - using PLESK. We do SEO and have never had any problems.

[ThatAdamGuy]

Thanks for the info and reassurance!

Luckily, this particular outfit that I've gone with isn't a reseller; like you, they do everything themselves.

I'm glad to know that virtual hosting is not likely to be a prob for me :) Thanks again!