Switching hosts and SEO

ericnyc · 02-08-2011, 02:05 PM

I would like to switch hosting company. My site currently has about 500 backlinks. Will switching hosts have any negative impact on SEO?

Also, if i stay with the same host but switch from HTML prepackaged hosting package to PHP based hosting will that have any negative impact on SEO?

ericnyc · 02-09-2011, 09:02 AM

Any advice?

poWderKeg · 02-09-2011, 09:06 AM

Under most circumstances, changing hosts shouldn't affect your SEO at all.

There are some situations where a problem could occur:

- The new host has performance issues & your site suffers downtime or frequent inaccessibility.
- The IP you are using on the new host may have been flagged in the past.
- You change your site coding/URLs when you move hosting.

We have moved hosting many times and seen no problems. In some cases, the increased reliability & performance resulted in improved SEO.

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poWderKeg Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: PHX, AZ Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Switching hosts and SEO Under most circumstances, changing hosts shouldn't affect your SEO at all. There are some situations where a problem could occur: - The new host has performance issues & your site suffers downtime or frequent inaccessibility. - The IP you are using on the new host may have been flagged in the past. - You change your site coding/URLs when you move hosting. We have moved hosting many times and seen no problems. In some cases, the increased reliability & performance resulted in improved SEO.
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