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Hi Rachel,

I believe this topic is still hotly debated amongst many SEO punters. In my opinion, unless you have a need for a dedicated server or a dedicated IP address then it is not worth the expense.

A few areas where shared hosting could possibly impact your SEO would be where several of the sites sharing your IP address has been penalised for spamming or black hat techniques. Or if your shared hosting environment is struggling with load and is slowing your site speed. If neither of these are present then I wouldn't imagine a dedicated server or even just a dedicated IP (the two don't have to be linked - You can be on a shared hosting platform with a dedicated IP address), would give much, if any, ROI.

I wouldn't recommend you spend too much time on this issue. The expense of a dedicated IP or Dedicated Server is probably not worth your time or money.

Rather focus on the well known, well practiced and successful SEO techniques which you will find aplenty here at SEOmoz.

Thanks for the response Cyrus.

Hey guys,

Fairly new to SEOmoz but loving it so far. I was working on a new clients site a noticed some spammy links added right before the tag. Used Open site explorer to list the domains linking to the url and found nearly 300 unsuspecting domains. Some like heartresearch.com.au which just drives me craaazy, I have already emailed them. Below is the list.

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/links.html?group=0&page=3&site=www.rhcie.com

Short of emailing every single person can anyone suggest a forum or such that would be helpful for posting this information ? I know it's just a few links but it is frustrating to me and If I can do something about it I would like to.

Thanks in advance.

Jason

Hi Rachel,

I believe this topic is still hotly debated amongst many SEO punters. In my opinion, unless you have a need for a dedicated server or a dedicated IP address then it is not worth the expense.

A few areas where shared hosting could possibly impact your SEO would be where several of the sites sharing your IP address has been penalised for spamming or black hat techniques. Or if your shared hosting environment is struggling with load and is slowing your site speed. If neither of these are present then I wouldn't imagine a dedicated server or even just a dedicated IP (the two don't have to be linked - You can be on a shared hosting platform with a dedicated IP address), would give much, if any, ROI.

I wouldn't recommend you spend too much time on this issue. The expense of a dedicated IP or Dedicated Server is probably not worth your time or money.

Rather focus on the well known, well practiced and successful SEO techniques which you will find aplenty here at SEOmoz.