There are a lot of things written about the benefits of going to a multi-IP address scheme as opposed to all of your sites being on one. Some are obvious, some maybe not... I wanted to get the experts take on a few things related to the topic: a) if you are currently one one IP, does it hurt your current SE indexing when you change from one IP to another? In other words, are your SERPs damaged at all by switching to a new IP or set of IP's? The domains obviously stay the same, but what affects does it have on the SE's, do they need to "catch up"? b) what are the some of the things gained by going to a more robust schematic? c) any hidden land mines to avoid? Any other insights you may want to add would also be appreciated. I may be looking into this too much (my nature). But the hosting service makes it sound so seamless, somehow there seems more to the picture than meets the eye. I hope not. Thanks, Dan
a) if you are currently one one IP, does it hurt your current SE indexing when you change from one IP to another? In other words, are your SERPs damaged at all by switching to a new IP or set of IP's? The domains obviously stay the same, but what affects does it have on the SE's, do they need to "catch up"? >>>> very little if the owner stays the same. b) what are the some of the things gained by going to a more robust schematic? >>> If your sites are owned by different people (your sister, dog, etc..) and even if they aren't interlinking is a great way to increase all your sites values if your spreading it out over different ips. You've got some other footprints like link patterns, domain ownership, etc... to deal with but if you use your head you'll be fine. c) any hidden land mines to avoid? Footprints -- See above. I talk alot about that in the black hat digest in my sig. Might be worth you going through the first few days of it since it's pretty much going to teach you everything you need to know about setting your first network up.