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One or multiple domains per hosting account?

by miker
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Google throws too many hosting products for search result which relate to 'domain' keyword. So i am resorting here and would like to know :
how many domain normally you use on one hosting account, one or multiple? and why?

Appreciate any sort of response
#account #domains #hosting #multiple
  • Profile picture of the author Mike Grant
    Multiple. Shared hosting exists for a reason.
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  • Profile picture of the author jeffhard
    can how show any example?
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    • Profile picture of the author miker
      I've a hosting account which link to a domain, let's say mydomain.com. Since the space is not took up that much space, I am going to book another domain, for example domain2.com, and thinking whether I should get another hosting account or just stuff it up with the one I already have.

      I did this a while back, but google index my second domain as mydomain.com/domain2 and domain2.mydomain.com (which is not what I fancy ) since adding multiple domain works as addon domain to my main account.
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      • Profile picture of the author netmatrix
        Usually, but not always, multiple domains to one hosting account.

        Send an e-mail to your hosting company and ask them for step by step instructions on how to set up multiple domains: domain1.com, domain2.com, etc
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Yes your second domain is added as an addon domain and should be indexed separately from your first domain. Did you add it as an addon or as a subdomain?
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    • Profile picture of the author netmatrix
      Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

      Yes your second domain is added as an addon domain and should be indexed separately from your first domain. Did you add it as an addon or as a subdomain?
      Sheryl, that's what I was thinking. Sounds like the OP added it as a subdomain.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        A subdomain is not a separate domain - just acts as a separate site.

        Add-ons are what many people use. I use hostgator reseller accounts with multiple sites on each account. That way each site has a cpanel, I have a host manager screen where I can access all sites and I can change space or bandwidth per site as I need to.

        If you are doing 3-4 domains, the multiple domain package that uses addons is fine - if you have quite a few domains/sits the reseller is much better to use in my opinion.

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        • Profile picture of the author Bryan V
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          A subdomain is not a separate domain - just acts as a separate site.

          Add-ons are what many people use. I use hostgator reseller accounts with multiple sites on each account. That way each site has a cpanel, I have a host manager screen where I can access all sites and I can change space or bandwidth per site as I need to.

          If you are doing 3-4 domains, the multiple domain package that uses addons is fine - if you have quite a few domains/sits the reseller is much better to use in my opinion.

          kay
          How does using reseller hosting benefit you?
          I'm trying to spread out domains over multiple IPs just so they arent all together. I don't really want to pay $30+ for SEO hosting though, what is everyone else doing here about that?
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          • Profile picture of the author Dennis Cheesman
            Try vps server and pay I believe $2 per IP address... Works like a charm..

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  • Profile picture of the author miker
    I did that as an add-on. However my second domain was still indexed as maindomain.com/seconddomain in google, instead of seconddomain.com.

    However I did remember setting up a sub domain (for development), which later I follow through and purchased the second domain - which is perhaps make sense why it got indexed and confuses me.

    Thanks all for helping me figure out this question. And Kay King, I never think of that. That will be a good solution when I start to grow number on websites.
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    • Profile picture of the author rondo
      Originally Posted by miker View Post

      I did that as an add-on. However my second domain was still indexed as maindomain.com/seconddomain in google, instead of seconddomain.com.
      1. Go to Google webmaster tools and enter your seconddomain.com so they index that instead of the subdomain.
      2. Build some links to the the seconddomain.com.



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    • Profile picture of the author Datingport
      Originally Posted by miker View Post

      I did that as an add-on. However my second domain was still indexed as maindomain.com/seconddomain in google, instead of seconddomain.com.

      However I did remember setting up a sub domain (for development), which later I follow through and purchased the second domain - which is perhaps make sense why it got indexed and confuses me.

      Thanks all for helping me figure out this question. And Kay King, I never think of that. That will be a good solution when I start to grow number on websites.
      When you use an add-on, you have to keep the TLD (.com). Your example above implies that you didn't use it and your host added it as a subdomain instead. My host does that if I forget to add the .com when creating the a domain.
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