https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1021138 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-hosting-and-domain-names/get-ip-or-no-ehostproscom#comment-1130221 <p>IP does not play too much of a role in search engine optimization nowadays. There is a shortage of IPs and allocation from ARIN is based on the right requests and needs for IP addresses and hosting a normal website is not considered as a valid reason to have an IP address.</p> <p>All search engines do tend to keep this in mind and therefore the lack of an IP should in no way affect your going ahead and signing up for a hosting account.</p> <p>Cheers <img src="https://www.webmaster-forums.net/misc/smileys/big.png" title="Laughing out loud" alt="Laughing out loud" class="smiley-content" /></p> Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:38:08 +0000 NW-Allwin comment 1130221 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-hosting-and-domain-names/get-ip-or-no-ehostproscom#comment-1130173 <p>They should be able to see which domain is the primary domain by doing a reverse lookup. </p> <p>This is a page which lists some of the concerns with a dedicated vs virtual ip address.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bruceclay.com/cgi-bin/checkredirect.cgi?evaluate=http://flashmarketing.com" class="bb-url">http://www.bruceclay.com/cgi-bin/checkredirect.cgi?evaluate=http://flashmarketing.com</a></p> <p>I don't know if these are old issues that search engines have gotten passed, or if they are still valid issues.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Mike</p> Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:04:11 +0000 mjulson comment 1130173 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-hosting-and-domain-names/get-ip-or-no-ehostproscom#comment-1130112 <p>how would search engines know (or care) about domain names using virtual ips? There are a limited number of ip addresses available -- virtual hosting is no indication of relevance of content.</p> Sun, 27 Apr 2003 22:27:03 +0000 Suzanne comment 1130112 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net