HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address?

Ernie Mitchell · 10-24-2011, 10:57 AM

Hello,

I'm preparing to open a hosting account with Host Gator and the issue of what they refer to at SEO Hosting has come up.

Until this came up my thoughts were to open a simple Business Plan hosting package for unlimited domains @ $10.36 a month. Now I'm uncertain whether I should continue on with the Business Plan package or look harder at their SEO Hosting Plan. Their entry level SEO Hosting Plan is for five sites with seperate C-Class IP addresses @ $35.00 per month --- not a bank breaker but $$$ I don't want to spend if I don't need to.

If it wasn't for the fact that I'm building a website and a blog that will share cross linking I wouldn't concern myself with the SEO Pakage.

Any insight would be appreciated as I'm clearly out of my element.

Thanks in advance,

Ernie Mitchell

mosthost · 10-24-2011, 10:59 AM

My advice is to skip it, especially if the domains have common owners. Don't you primarily concentrate on links from outside of domains under your own control? Cross-linking your own domains hasn't had much value for years.

Mike Anthony · 10-24-2011, 11:02 AM

If you have only the two websites SEO hosting is unnecessary. Use two cheap hosting accounts and you are done. You can get good hosts for $5 per month or less. SEO hosting is chiefly when you are going ten or more sites and running a network.

mikeveli20 · 10-24-2011, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

If you have only the two websites SEO hosting is unnecessary. Use two cheap hosting accounts and you are done. You can get good hosts for $5 per month or less. SEO hosting is chiefly when you are going ten or more sites and running a network.

I agree with Mike. You really only see the benefit if you have a much larger network.

Quenta · 10-24-2011, 11:18 AM

SEO hosting is only good for those people who were planning to setup a huge blog network for business (like 15-20+ or even more). One to few websites for SEO hosting is not recommended, so think twice before buying it.

baconator · 10-24-2011, 12:46 PM

Greetings Everyone!

I'm new here and since this subject came up I'd like to ask a question myself from those in the know without starting a new thread.

I spent some considerable time building and optimizing my site for speed, security and seo, and finally went live a few days ago. I have a vps server that I tweaked for performance and am very satisfied with the results.

I decided to use CloudFlare, mainly for CDN but also for added security and I like the DNS service more than my domain registrar's.

The only thing I don't have since using cloudflare is a unique IP address, and I'm wondering if this will impact my future ranking as I'm sharing it with numerous other sites that might be affecting me in a negative way.

Does anyone else have any experience with this?

Thanks.

Vexo · 10-24-2011, 01:10 PM

Not worth it in my experience, started out with one then later moved away and did not loose any ranking costs way less. Plus had many problems with seohosting that i never have now.

Ernie Mitchell · 10-24-2011, 05:39 PM

Thanks for the insight everyone.

Your answers make life a little simpler and a little less expensive.

I should have mentioned that the two sites (blog & website) in questioin will have seperate domains but it doesn't sound like that fact will make much difference anyway given there are just two two sites being cross-linked

Thanks Again,

Ernie Mitchell

10-24-2011, 10:57 AM	#1
Ernie Mitchell HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northeastern Minnesota, USA. Posts: 164 Thanks: 220 Thanked 65 Times in 31 Posts Social Networking	HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address? Hello, I'm preparing to open a hosting account with Host Gator and the issue of what they refer to at SEO Hosting has come up. Until this came up my thoughts were to open a simple Business Plan hosting package for unlimited domains @ $10.36 a month. Now I'm uncertain whether I should continue on with the Business Plan package or look harder at their SEO Hosting Plan. Their entry level SEO Hosting Plan is for five sites with seperate C-Class IP addresses @ $35.00 per month --- not a bank breaker but $$$ I don't want to spend if I don't need to. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm building a website and a blog that will share cross linking I wouldn't concern myself with the SEO Pakage. Any insight would be appreciated as I'm clearly out of my element. Thanks in advance, Ernie Mitchell

10-24-2011, 10:59 AM	#2
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10-24-2011, 11:02 AM	#3
Mike Anthony SEO D'Artagnan War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,980 Thanks: 476 Thanked 1,090 Times in 701 Posts	Re: HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address? If you have only the two websites SEO hosting is unnecessary. Use two cheap hosting accounts and you are done. You can get good hosts for $5 per month or less. SEO hosting is chiefly when you are going ten or more sites and running a network.
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10-24-2011, 11:18 AM	#5
Quenta The Executer! War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Somewhere dark Posts: 543 Thanks: 31 Thanked 86 Times in 70 Posts	Re: HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address? SEO hosting is only good for those people who were planning to setup a huge blog network for business (like 15-20+ or even more). One to few websites for SEO hosting is not recommended, so think twice before buying it.

10-24-2011, 12:46 PM	#6
baconator Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address? Greetings Everyone! I'm new here and since this subject came up I'd like to ask a question myself from those in the know without starting a new thread. I spent some considerable time building and optimizing my site for speed, security and seo, and finally went live a few days ago. I have a vps server that I tweaked for performance and am very satisfied with the results. I decided to use CloudFlare, mainly for CDN but also for added security and I like the DNS service more than my domain registrar's. The only thing I don't have since using cloudflare is a unique IP address, and I'm wondering if this will impact my future ranking as I'm sharing it with numerous other sites that might be affecting me in a negative way. Does anyone else have any experience with this? Thanks.

10-24-2011, 01:10 PM	#7
Vexo HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Re: HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address? Not worth it in my experience, started out with one then later moved away and did not loose any ranking costs way less. Plus had many problems with seohosting that i never have now.

10-24-2011, 05:39 PM	#8
Ernie Mitchell HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northeastern Minnesota, USA. Posts: 164 Thanks: 220 Thanked 65 Times in 31 Posts Social Networking	Re: HOSTING -How Important Is A C-Class IP Address? Thanks for the insight everyone. Your answers make life a little simpler and a little less expensive. I should have mentioned that the two sites (blog & website) in questioin will have seperate domains but it doesn't sound like that fact will make much difference anyway given there are just two two sites being cross-linked Thanks Again, Ernie Mitchell