If you are serious about building your .com empire, VPS is a recommended solution.

VPS is a truly isolated and private environment. You get root access, your own software and you can depend on guaranteed resources. With Virtual Private Server (VPS) a web server is divided into multiple isolated environments. As with a dedicated server, each VPS has its own independent operating system with its own web server, mail server, and independent software instances. What this means is you can enjoy the freedom and flexibility of a dedicated server at a fraction of the cost.

There are lots of VPS hosting providers, we chose http://www.serverintellect.com/

Here is a Google Search to get you started: http://www.google.com/search?q=vps+hosting

One risk of VPS is that your domains will share an IP address. Even if you co-locate, your non-shared IP addresses will probably be from the same C class. If you truely want to have unique IP addresses for every domain, you will need to have them setup at different hosting services.

We have thought about buying a few hosting accounts for specific applications like WordPress Blogs, .php software, throw-away domains, to spread out the IP’s. If you are curious how this works, test your current domain to see which domains are assigned to your IP Address.

• Go to http://www.dnsstuff.com/ andEnter the domain name into the “Domain Info” box and click “Get Info”.
• You will be taken to a page with some terrific information about the domain. The IP address for the site will be listed halfway down the page on the right side, and it will be a link.
• Click the IP address link, and under “Reverse IP”, you will see how many sites this IP address hosts. You can also click on that result and dig even deeper.
• Click the “X websites” link for the reverse IP lookup. On your first visit, you will have to register for free.
• Sign up using an email address that you can actually check (a confirmation link will come via email to activate your membership).
• Once you are a member, this tool will show you every domain name on the server. “1 websites” means you are the only domain on that server, and it’s probably dedicated.

There has been debate for awhile regarding whether or not using a static IP address is better than having a dynamic IP address for your website. By preference myself and I think I speak for many SEO’s, we prefer the use of a static IP address when hosting a domain. There are many reasons for this, such as for linking, avoiding penalities on the same IP C Classes blocks, and so on. If you are doing a major site, its just a better idea to have a dedicated IP than a shared one.

Generally speaking having a website on a shared IP address will not cause you any harm. You can rank just fine and there is nothing negative about hosting on shared IP’s. So don’t worry if you site is on it. However what is important to know as I was told is how, Google in particular and possibly other engines look at these static and shared IP.

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One Response to “VPS Hosting – Virtual Private Server”

1. Riley Carter says:

   July 15, 2010 at 9:01 pm

   Dedicated servers are the best when you want a stable webhost. -”"