Different Domains, Same IP - backlinks?

Like Mike, I hear this all the time. I have yet to hear of a reputable
host losing a boatload of sites due to "problems." I used to
think that way, but then logic took hold. I have never heard of,
say godaddy, getting a big penalty and zapping a bunch of sites.

If you go with xyz host in grandma's basement, you are playing with
fire. All reputable hosts will do backups constantly, and have the
latest and greatest anti-hacking safeguards. I have had sites on
earthlink.net for 15+ years. All interlinked, same server. No probs.

My other host I am on a first name basis. Downtime happens to
everybody. Hacking may happen to everybody. Just read the
news.

The internet runs on shared servers. Plenty of big sites, from
ebay to amazon, wikipedia, etc. run boatloads of sites on
the same server. Backlinks? They fully backlink them all to all.

Now the real issue is "value" of the backlink. In my book, a backlink
is a backlink is a backlink. Same server or not.

That's why people want sig links in big forums, over and over,
like wf, digitalpoint, etc.

If the same IP backlink thing was a problem, then internal backlinking
would not be golden. But it is. I have pages that have no other
hand built links EXCEPT internal, and they rank high, have PR, etc.

It all depends on the authority of the site, IMHO, as to whether the
links have value.

You are not going to tell me that 10 backlinks here on the WF, same
IP, are not worth more than 100,000 on some PR n/a piece of garbage.

I think the biggest secret in SEO is to build your own empire of websites.
Same IP is of no consequence. Just like the big boys.

People don't believe it when I tell them that WF is on a shared server.

The kicker to this whole thing would be subdomains. Since subdomains
are looked upon as separate domains, then people would be scared
$#!tle$$ to ever do subdomains and link up. That same IP thing would
be a killer. But logic proves that it's not.

Link up your site, same IP, or not. It's the way the internet works,
and is how the big boys do it.

If you are doing bad things with your sites, then you cannot hide
on different servers. How is a different IP going to protect you?

Now if someone wants to argue logically, like Mike, about 10 links on
different authority sites with high PR are "worth" more, somehow,
than 10 on the same server from an average site, I won't argue
with that. The argument comes from hurting or penalty, or even
not helping at all. I'd still say the same IP backlinks will help if
they are reputable sites.

And sites is a misnomer. We really should be talking about webpages,
not site.

Think about it. Wikipedia is really separate webpages, like blogspot
blogs, squidoo, etc. They have a Brazillian amount of these. How
practical is it to have a different IP for each page? You would need
thousands. If google puts thousands of blogspot blogs on the same
server, what does that say about the mentality of google and
shared servers?

Paul