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Hi Greg,

Disclaimer: my background is hosting

Web hosts, ISPs and everyone who requires IP addresses is currently facing the huge shortage of IPv4 addresses left in circulation.

We were smart and made sure we had reserves and used ours conservatively. Others are in not as strong positions.

Google is very aware of the lack of IPv4 and I am positive they don't penalize multiple sites on a single IP, let alone in a range, unless they can tie a number of those sites together and they are doing something very blackhat. Even then, it would take a lot for them to discredit an entire IP address.

I will say that the blackhat marketers typically go for the SEO hosting offerings. Think of all of the less than desirable sites that those IPs have had over the years. In my mind, these IPs will have a much lower trust score than a typically shared IP shared with multiple normal websites or dedicated IPs in well maintained ranges.

My recommendation is to choose a regular web hosting service. Do separate your key sites among multiple servers, or even multiple web hosts so if something goes wrong, not all of your sites are affected. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.

Good luck with your search,

Matt

It also depends just how newsworthy the press release is. If it is newsworthy and gets picked up by more major news outlets and they keep the links intact, it'll definitely help.

We have still seen some positive impact with less newsworthy press releases but as others have pointed out, this was not that long-lasting.

Matt

Thanks David - much appreciated. We'll definitely be trying these.

We have two (and soon to be more) international websites, all in English. The sites in question are WebHostingBuzz.com and WebHostingBuzz.co.uk. Obviously content is similar as we're providing a similar service but from different locations and different prices.

What is best practice here? Should we completely re-write the .co.uk content (this is the newer site) so it isn't penalized for scraping?

Any hints/tips would be appreciated.

It also depends just how newsworthy the press release is. If it is newsworthy and gets picked up by more major news outlets and they keep the links intact, it'll definitely help.

We have still seen some positive impact with less newsworthy press releases but as others have pointed out, this was not that long-lasting.

Matt

Hi Greg,

Disclaimer: my background is hosting

Web hosts, ISPs and everyone who requires IP addresses is currently facing the huge shortage of IPv4 addresses left in circulation.

We were smart and made sure we had reserves and used ours conservatively. Others are in not as strong positions.

Google is very aware of the lack of IPv4 and I am positive they don't penalize multiple sites on a single IP, let alone in a range, unless they can tie a number of those sites together and they are doing something very blackhat. Even then, it would take a lot for them to discredit an entire IP address.

I will say that the blackhat marketers typically go for the SEO hosting offerings. Think of all of the less than desirable sites that those IPs have had over the years. In my mind, these IPs will have a much lower trust score than a typically shared IP shared with multiple normal websites or dedicated IPs in well maintained ranges.

My recommendation is to choose a regular web hosting service. Do separate your key sites among multiple servers, or even multiple web hosts so if something goes wrong, not all of your sites are affected. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.

Good luck with your search,

Matt