Greets: Currently I host about 9 sites within a single account on a server. They're all located within the same IP address. The sites are all different but there's interlinking between them. Would moving one or more of these sites elsewhere to a different server give me any benefit for PR and SEO? Thanks, -drmike
That's where we're at now. My question though is if I move some of those sites from one hosting provider to another. Say I move three sites from California to Long Island. They would be with a different provider and within a different class c then instead of all being within the same ip address.
No... Moving to a different IP is NOT going to help from an SEO or PR perspective. If it's only 9 sites... then it's totally okay to interlink them IF they are all about related topics and interlinking provides value to the visitors of those sites. You'll get full credit for all links. If it's hundreds or thousands of sites then you have bigger issues. If you are trying to build a link farm and not be detected then I would suggest you do a LOT more than host the sites on different IPs. The domains should be registered each with totally unique registrant info (name, email, phone, address, etc.) Remember if you get reported and Google manually reviews your sites making up the farm they have access to even private registrant info since they are themselves registrars. The sites should be hosted at a variety of hosting companies... The sites themselves should use different themes or templates... etc. The list goes on.
Not required to move your site. I have found that when you add a new site on the same ip, search engine seem to find them faster. I am just speaking from experience. For my first site it took a few weeks to be indexed, but when I added new sites they appeared in search engines within a day or two.
If they are related to each other, then you might consider moving 'em to another IP to get minor benefits (assuming sites are new). If they are not related to each other, then there is no point in interlinking them. Links from unrelated don't carry much or any weight.
Looks like im the only one that thinks differently, all of my sites are from a different IP and most are interlinked, they all rank extremely well for their competitive keywords , of course they are all in someway related however i wouldnt risk moving them all to one server. I personally believe that IP location does give extra benefit , of course that is my opinion and i cant prove it but id like to see any proof that the posters above can provide ??? I doubt they can.
With the thousands upon thousands of variables in the algorithms that most search engines use in the IR processes these days they'd more than likely be able to track any move and adjust accordingly IF you feel that the move would be a major benefit (again, it's up to you to weigh what everyone says here). From my experience it's a bit more than a simple IP address that's going to carry much weight. What on-page factors are you using to boost the site rankings of each? What is the PR of each site? What is the average traffic each site is getting? How well do they relate to each other? What other incoming links are you getting? These are all other important factors you should consider rather than a simple change. If I were you, stick with what you have for now and focus on the other items you can do to bolster your sites' rankings. A change would only cost additional time and money that you could spend benefiting your sites in other ways that would probably have a greater effect if done right than a move would.
I wouldn't move your sites to separate IP addresses. Some webmasters think that by obfuscating their site's footprints will help them in the SERPs. I think Google can figure out which sites you own anyway with data from google analytics, google toolbar, etc. Matt Cutts of Google has stated that they are pretty good at this. In addition, he's stated that red flags go up when they see webmasters trying to hide which sites they own. In addition, has stated that they treat links from sites they know you run the exact same way as they do from sites you don't run. If they're related then the link juice will pass through. If they're not you'll get less benefit. If you run a bunch of sites that aren't related and you do too much interlinking then you'll probably end up with a penalty. Bottom line, just link your sites naturally where the content is related and you'll be fine.
I think moving on different IP would help you out to promote your website to higher ranking............
While it's true that it COULD perhaps do that, what factors are you taking into consideration other than the separate IP? As most SERPs typically ignore a small change like that (any may even penalize you for it if it's seen as a malicious attempt to bypass established IR algorithms for personal gain) so I'd be careful...
A quicker, less costly, and less painful solution may be to add "nofollow" to your links among these websites...if they are not related. I have my sites interlinked, and they all have relevant content to each other. A few months ago, I read that I could see better results if I "nofollow" the links between them (some were on the same IP, and some were not). One of my newer sites went up in Google SERPS (in some cases exponentially), and I gained a PR point on two of my sites. Coincidence? I'm not sure, but I don't think it would hurt for you to try. The rankings I gained have remained for a few months. Of course, this could be due to a number of other factors...but this is the biggest change I made. I didn't do any new backlinking, nor did I change/update my content. Best of luck!