Sites on the same IP - How many's too many?

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I've heard people talk about getting "google slapped" for having too many sites on the same IP address.

How many sites do you think would be o.k. to run from the same IP while avoiding the "google slap" or it having an effect on rankings?

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  • I am running 3 sites on the same IP. I don't think it is dangerous number. Adding 10 or more hopefully will be a danger number to cross.
  • Go look at networks of sites run by icanhascheezburger.com, thefind.com and zdnet.com. Notice how their network is interlinked and are often on the same or very close IP addresses. Do a little more research and examine more sites and networks of sites that have the same characteristics. Then ask yourself if you're worrying about nothing.

    As for those who got 'slapped', in most cases it's a manual penalty given for publicly bragging about gaming Google search results (aka: the STFU penalty) or doing something that blatantly violates Google's TOS.
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    • what bigmacaw is saying makes perfect sense. People get a small break through and rush out to forums or write an e-book to shout about it from the roof top. Before they know it, big G is on them like a tonne of bricks and their "secret formula" stops working.

      Barry$ if you are still worried, go get a reseller hosting account and spread your sites around the globe; hostnine have one for 19bucks.
  • Bluntly, I built over 450 sites (many ranked top 3) on the same set of IP's and never had problems. I was doing it 100% white hat though, not even a mix of gray traffic in there.
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    • It´s not a problem, if you are using white hat methods to get the domains ranked. The only thing I would think about is, that your competition could check out your projects with an IP Reverse.
  • I really don't know. A friend of mine hosted 5 sites and nothing happened. I really don't know what's the standard number should be.
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    • Seems like the topic of the day. Again....just answered this another thread.

      Bgmacaw forgot to mention a favorite line...diversify because some hosts may get
      shut for whatever reasons. If you trust your host 100%....if not, it may be prudent
      to split a few sites up.

      Me? I always do my domains on the same host. I am on a first name basis with
      my host. I could not get that from many. I trust my host. Yes, even some servers
      have gambling and adult sites on them. Never had a problem. Now that's just me.
      But if you have tons of domains, you may want to put 10 here, 10 there, etc.
      But not to hide from google. That makes no sense, actually.

      Here is a tool to find how many sits are on the same server.
      You'll be amazed. Digitalpoint.com is on the same server as 19 others, including
      target.com. Warriorforum with 11.
      http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/we...on-web-server/

      Paul
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  • As far as the dreaded Google slap/mass de-indexing is concerned. I would prefer to be on an ip with thousands of other people's sites rather than a few sites of my own on a single dedicated ip. My own bitter experience is that once Google decides to de-index a site, it then goes on to look at the other sites hosted under that ip, or even surronding ips in the same Class C cluster. Obviously, if there are lots of sites belonging to many people, it will make it much harder for them.
  • As posted in an other thread a few minutes ago: you can have as many as you want. I've ordered a few more IP's for my dedi a half year ago and I didn't saw an increase in rankings..
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