Google Penalty For Multiple Sites On Same IP Accost?

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Hullo all,

If someone had 100 websites (each with rich, unique content, and not interlinked) on the same shared hosting, with the same IP address, aforementioned WhoIs info., and built using aforementioned website template; I have heard of cases where Google may penalize all these sites past de-indexing them (equally they may leave a footprint, which Google detects).

Is this true?

Is the best solution to use dissimilar hosting for each site?

Thank you in advance.

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  • Non true. If totally unlike content and no heavy interlinking betwixt them.

    In two words, if yous are honest with Google you have no worries.

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    • Non true at all. You tin accept 1 meg sites all from the same IP and Google doesn't run across that as whatsoever type of spam. Now if you tried linking them together then it may raise flags just not e'er.

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      • Thanks for your replies.

        Maybe I'g worrying unnecessarily that having multiple sites on the same IP accost would touch SERP's.

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    • Originally Posted by cagliostro View Post

      In two words, if you are honest with Google you lot have no worries.

      I totally agreed with this.

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    • Originally Posted by cagliostro View Post


      Not true. If totally different content and no heavy interlinking between them.

      In two words, if you lot are honest with Google you accept no worries.

      Great mail this I do concord with this

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  • I'll go a step further and testify it isn't truthful. Do you really think when you lot sign-up for $5/month hosting they are supplying yous with a unique IP address just for your one website? Of form not.

    When I used to take an business relationship like that with Host Gator, there were nearly 50,000 domains going to that same IP accost. Google is not going to be banning all 50,000 of those domains, I guarantee it. Don't worry about this, yous'll be fine.

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  • NO,

    although i read that it is ONE of the pocket-sized ranking factors (amongst 200+/- other ranking factors), means it has a little weight what other sites are on that IP, but probably very, very, very insignificant.

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  • Originally Posted by dannycapri View Post


    Hi all,

    If someone had 100 websites (each with rich, unique content, and not interlinked) on the same shared hosting, with the same IP address, same WhoIs info., and built using same website template; I have heard of cases where Google may penalize all these sites past de-indexing them (as they may leave a footprint, which Google detects).

    Is this true?

    Is the best solution to apply different hosting for each site?

    Thank you in advance.

    Stop and recall about it for a minute....why would Google penalize you for this? You've given them what they want...sites with rich, unique content. And footprints are only an issue if you're doing something yous shouldn't exist doing. Dreamweaver leaves footprints. Google isn't going to ban you for using Dreamweaver.

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  • It might exist a good idea not to use the same template for all 100 sites though. Just a thought.

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    • What Will get you Google slapped while on a shared hosting account, is heavily cross-linking your websites together.

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      • It's not a problem as long every bit:

        1. The sites aren't duplicates
        2. The sites aren't spam sites with poor content

        Backlinking all of your sites to a central money site won't provide as much benefit (unclear to what extent) from a link juice perspective nevertheless.

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        • Merely make sure those websites don't take any heavy interlink to each others. If those websites look similar selling spam link then they will penalized.

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  • 100% not true.. I have a bunch of different unique content websites that are on the same IP/hosting and they rank very well for certain keywords I target.

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  • Agreed. The only fourth dimension you accept something to worry virtually is when yous get-go linking them together. At present if you are or were doing something spammy with ane domain then that also may reflect on the other sites on the same IP etc.

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  • What would happen if you had Google adsence ads on say 50 sites on one ip address, Google would exist able to link all your sites together through the ads. Would they penalize you that way or even ban you adsence business relationship.?
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  • What if you do want to heavily interlink all those blogs?

    Is the just style to exercise this is to sign upward with several different hosting services and make sure no blog links to other blogs on the same hosting account?

    I know it will get expensive fast only if information technology works and then great... or is there a ameliorate less complicated way?

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  • As long every bit you are not spamming (auto blogs/other forms of spam), you should be fine.

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  • Originally Posted by dannycapri View Post


    Howdy all,
    I have heard of cases where Google may penalize all these sites by de-indexing them (as they may exit a footprint, which Google detects).

    This has happened to me before but my sites were not clean. I accept played around with turnkey, MFA, scrapper sites etc.

    What I retrieve is that for whatever reason, a detail site had been singled out for transmission review. Once the reviewer decides to ban the site, he then goes through other sites on that single ip or Class C ips.

    What you demand to ask yourself is that are you absolutely sure that all your sites are clean? You take to remember that it is not yous but Google who makes the decision and their criteria may be unlike from yours. In my experience, it is very difficult for a person with over 100 sites to continue all sites clean unless he outsources a lot or have employees working for y'all.

    If you lot have two dissimilar sites targetting similar search terms, it would be a good idea to host them under different hosting accounts anyway because it may interfere with the search results.

    As well, information technology is always a skillful idea not to go along all your eggs in i basket with a single hosting account. Certainly, my business would be totally dead by now if I were still using 2 or 3 dedicated servers for my sites.

    Derek

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    • Google does not care if yous take even 200+ sites on the same server.
      Interlink them if they are valuable.
      It's what y'all practice to the sites that matters.
      The penalty is the aforementioned whether information technology is one, two, or 100's.

      Paul

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      • Summing upward what others have said, information technology isn't the footprint that offends the Google gods. It's what that footprint represents.

        In the heyday of the MFA scraper site, Google could examine those sites for common characteristics - certain tags, phrases, script references, etc. When they found those characteristics on undesirable sites, but not on more desirable ones, they could practice the digital equivalent of "racial profiling". If your site shared characteristics with sites Google wanted to eliminate, you were gone.

        I've been hosting multiple sites on the same account for over x years now, and I've never been de-indexed because of information technology.

        I've interlinked the sites (sparingly) when the reference was both specific and relative, i.east. linking to an article explaining a technical term rather than reproducing the definition every fourth dimension I used the term in another article. Never had a problem.

        Play nice and requite Google users the feel Google wants them to have, and you can put the whole internet on ane IP and they won't care.

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    • You have got a lot of good responses, I'll simply say based on personal mileage that lots of sites on the same IP is just fine so long as you lot don't apply them for SEO interlining (which would indeed exist a bad thought).

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  • virtually of the time all your 100 website won't end upward on 1 ip address, only a fraction.

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    • Originally Posted past FiverrGuru View Post

      most of the time all your 100 website won't end upward on ane ip accost, simply a fraction.

      Well that'southward a good point for big hosts. They may assign some to the same, same
      to others.

      I gave an case of a huge website that has 200+ sites interlinked and ranks
      #ane for: yourstate gas prices
      They own and interlink all 200+
      Every bit stated, they all rank #1 for that phrase, including links in the result!
      And Yep....they all take adsense!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Can we kill this myth in one case and for all?
      texasgasprices.com is an case!
      And the large kicker? They are all owned past the company that runs
      gasbuddy.com for even more than interlinked sites!
      Don't believe it? Become to:
      Reverse IP Lookup - Detect Other Web Sites Hosted on a Web Server
      type in texasgasprices.com
      Google LOVES those sites!

      Paul

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      • And so you lot want to say that yous can interlink you sites on the same ip? I thought this is a no-no.

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        • Put it another mode, Google prefers entering links that are naturally caused i.east. a vote given to your site past other websites. Therefore logically speaking, a site on an another server with a differentip is more than likely to belong to another person rather than a site on the same server with the same ip.

          As far as I know, there is no penalty for interlinking your ain sites on the same ip. Nevertheless, you may get into trouble if y'all interlink your sites from other Class C ips if Google finds out. Because with the latter, yous are definitely trying to manipulate the results.

          The fact that a heavily interlinked site does well on a single ip does non mean that it won't practise meliorate if the links came from other ips.

          Derek

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        • Originally Posted by redrossero View Post

          So you want to say that yous tin interlink you sites on the same ip? I thought this is a no-no.

          Like many other tactics, much depends on the reason for interlinking.

          If you link to another of your sites on the same or a different IP for the purpose of enhancing the user experience, you're absurd.

          If you interlink, and especially if you interlink promiscuously, for the express purpose of manipulating your search rankings, you're not cool.

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  • If none of the 100 sites are doing anything wrong, you shouldn't get any of them de-indexed. If you are doing blackness hat stuff, if all of them got de-indexed, information technology's not because of shared hosting as virtually shared hosting accounts have a lot of other domains owned past other owners. It'due south by and large likely because of the aforementioned template and same WhoIs. If they are all legit, you have zero to worry nearly as a lot of webmasters have over a few hundred websites.

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  • Hi,

    I am new on hither and wondered if anyone can offering whatsoever advice, I have a network of 200 sites marketing different counties of the same subject field (each site is targeted towards the unique county, so 200 counties are being marketed) mixed between 2 different templates and each site has xxx% fresh content for each area, they are all interlinked together, and from reading the posts if a network of sites are interlinked it is a large NO NO. The network of 200 sites are spilt up betwixt four-5 dissimilar owners, and 30 different IP addresses, beyond 2 defended servers.

    Also does information technology matter if all the sites are inside the same google web masters account or should I spilt these upward?

    Any advice would exist appreciated

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    • Hello, sorry for bumping this but its the closest topic I can find.

      I take a client who wants about 30-40 websites built, each about six-7 pages of unique content, built into contour sites for different aspects of his business concern.

      All websites will be built using Wordpress (or similar), keyword domains, and he wants them interlinking and also pointing to his main site.

      I am concerned about this, the guy spends a lot of money on marketing practices and SEO. My first concern was the fact that I am on a dedicated server with aforementioned IP address. I run a search in Google and came across this topic so thought I would ask the experts here.

      PaulGL, I understand where y'all are coming from, but those are massive websites and I wonder if Google leaves them alone due to the sheer size of them, just what would the furnishings be if it was a small-scale network of about 30-40 websites with vi-7 pages each, all interlinked, same/like topic (different content), linking to main site from homepage?

      Basically these minisites are around his main industry, and so breaking them down into smaller niche categories to help customers who want to view just one function of his concern and not all of information technology.

      I also capeesh that this topic is just over 1 year old and things take moved on since then, but still I need to express my concerns and I dont want to accept to become out and spread his websites over unlike hosts.

      Also, is it wise to build them all in wordpress or should I use dissimilar CMS, like 5 Wordpress, 5 Joomla, 5 Drupal, etc?

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      WW

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      • Originally Posted by wiganwebs View Post


        How-do-you-do, sorry for bumping this only its the closest topic I can find.

        I take a client who wants about 30-40 websites built, each most vi-7 pages of unique content, congenital into contour sites for unlike aspects of his business.

        All websites will be built using Wordpress (or similar), keyword domains, and he wants them interlinking and also pointing to his main site.

        I am concerned about this, the guy spends a lot of money on marketing practices and SEO. My outset business organisation was the fact that I am on a defended server with aforementioned IP address. I run a search in Google and came across this topic so thought I would enquire the experts here.

        PaulGL, I understand where you are coming from, but those are massive websites and I wonder if Google leaves them alone due to the sheer size of them, but what would the furnishings be if information technology was a pocket-sized network of nearly xxx-forty websites with half dozen-7 pages each, all interlinked, same/similar topic (unlike content), linking to primary site from homepage?

        Basically these minisites are around his main industry, then breaking them downwards into smaller niche categories to help customers who want to view just one role of his business and non all of it.

        I also appreciate that this topic is but over 1 year old and things have moved on since then, but yet I need to limited my concerns and I dont desire to have to go out and spread his websites over different hosts.

        Also, is it wise to build them all in wordpress or should I use different CMS, similar 5 Wordpress, v Joomla, 5 Drupal, etc?

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        WW

        Hi WW,

        From what y'all described I meet no problem.

        That stuff nearly linking sites on the same IP being bad is just a bunch of hooey made upward by unscrupulous hosting companies that want to sell you a grossly overpriced hosting package.

        If you interlink websites Google will know they are interlinked regardless of whether they are on the same IP or not. Google has no problem with you linking to other pages on the same site, different sites, aforementioned domain, unlike domains, same IP, dissimilar IPs as long as what you are doing makes since for users.

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      • Originally Posted past wiganwebs View Post


        PaulGL, I empathise where you are coming from, but those are massive websites and I wonder if Google leaves them lonely due to the sheer size of them, but what would the effects exist if it was a small network of near 30-40 websites with 6-vii pages each, all interlinked, aforementioned/similar topic (different content), linking to main site from homepage?

        I want to be a big canis familiaris, so I choose to run with the big dogs.
        All others can stay on the porch. Large sites did not become big
        sites overnight. Wikipedia, total of crap, interlinks like an animal.
        Wikipedia, was non fifty-fifty a toy poodle.

        Gasbuddy and their piddly ol' sites accept shinola for content.

        I for i have tried to do what the large sites do. I want to exist
        considered an owner of "big sites" anytime. Yous have to
        start somewhere and sometime.

        Paul

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  • Google does state anywhere about shared hosting for websites and wouldn't penalize your site. On the other hand, I have institute through my own feel, if y'all run a site on a dedicate server, information technology gets amend results for some reason.

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    • Originally Posted past commoditytrainer View Post

      Google does country anywhere about shared hosting for websites and wouldn't penalize your site. On the other hand, I have found through my own experience, if you run a site on a dedicate server, it gets better results for some reason.

      Yes defended servers is much amend..

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  • There's no problem with this.

    It's a myth. PaulG gives the best description above with his example.

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  • Originally Posted by dannycapri View Post


    How-do-you-do all,

    If someone had 100 websites (each with rich, unique content, and not interlinked) on the same shared hosting, with the same IP address, same WhoIs info., and built using same website template; I have heard of cases where Google may penalize all these sites by de-indexing them (as they may leave a footprint, which Google detects).

    Is this true?

    Is the all-time solution to utilise different hosting for each site?

    Thanks in advance.

    I don't retrieve so. You won't exist penalize unless you lot take duplicate content or link spamming amidst those sites

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  • there is no such thing ! if thats truthful google would ban their own sites (blogspot sites) as the sites aren't on different ips all of them

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  • Over again, this is a myth.

    I run a web hosting company, offering shared hosting for customers who run Blogs for adsense etc. I have my own defended server with many of my own sites sitting on it, same IP accost and zilch happening from search / adsense etc indicates there's anything incorrect with it.

    Again, PaulG nailed it in his explanation. Read his comments above.

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  • What PaulG said is correct information technology is a myth in my opinion, some expert points and questions here though. Its great to get feedback and updates on all this. Its getting tougher to stay in Google's good books for alot of websites lately.

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  • If this was the case then in that location would be no shared hosting.

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  • Originally Posted past dannycapri View Post


    How-do-you-do all,

    If someone had 100 websites (each with rich, unique content, and not interlinked) on the aforementioned shared hosting, with the same IP address, same WhoIs info., and built using same website template; I have heard of cases where Google may penalize all these sites past de-indexing them (as they may exit a footprint, which Google detects).

    Is this true?

    Is the all-time solution to utilise different hosting for each site?

    Thanks in advance.

    every bit he said.
    how about we got backlink from that website??
    google will banned or penaltize our said??

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  • SEO listings are not dependent on IP addresses. We cannot issue boosted IP addresses for SEO purposes. Craig Silverstein, who was until recently, Google's Managing director of Technology, said:
    "...Google handles near hosted domains and their links just the same as domains on unique IP addresses. If your Isp does virtual hosting correctly, you’ll never come across a difference between the two cases. We practise encounter a pocket-sized percentage of ISPs every month that misconfigure their virtual hosting, which might account for this persistent misperceptionâ€"thanks for giving me the take chances to dispel a myth!"

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  • well multiple different domains that are hosted on, say a VPS, would have the same IP, so i dubiety google would penalize you on this indicate alone

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  • In my experience it does make a difference. My sites were doing poorly then I moved some of the sites to a unlike hosting company and hits on all sites increased. Since we sell cars some duplication in unavoidable. Specs of a car remain the same and so our different sites list the same specs with pocket-size changes to the description. Once they are separated Google does not seem to heed that much.

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  • The main thing you want to exercise is avoid using the exact aforementioned template over and over again. You lot don't want anything that makes information technology wait like mass automation is going on. Otherwise yous are fine. I accept two servers with 50 sites each and no problem. Adsense, Analytics, Webmaster Tools, etc.

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    • Hey guys what well-nigh google plus accounts. If you have say 10 websites on a multi ip accost just have them continued through one google plus account, seeing y'all can have upwards to 10 companies on ane account. Or is it amend to utilise aliases on multiple accounts?

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  • Google checks all the things but I am thinking that on one IP accost at that place would exist multiple sites as if we go in shared hosting too.. so Google should empathize this affair.

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