Does it matter to have a dedicated IP for the bots?

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Does it matter to have a dedicated IP for the bots?

Found an old article...

apauto

2:32 pm on Aug 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

I came across this:

[webmasterworld.com...]

Basically, I am on a host right now that offers dedicated IP. My host sucks, and I want to move to a different one. The one I want to move to I KNOW is good, but they do not offer dedicated IPs.

Will this hinder me for the SE's? I found the thread above, but it was from 2005... has anything changed?

Looking for opinions... thanks guys!

XtendScott

4:27 pm on Aug 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

I don't think it matters.

Actually I like some of my sites to live in obscurity of shared hosting.

apauto

6:36 pm on Aug 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

Why does that matter?

XtendScott

7:01 pm on Aug 30, 2007 (gmt 0)

In a shared hosting environment, 100's/1000's of sites are on the same IP address. If you have multiple shared hosting accounts with different hosts, your Grey/Blackish tactics may not get as noticed as most sites don't have a unique IP.

As I said, I don't think it really matters, as SE's don't appear to be banning at the IP level now.

apauto

4:12 am on Aug 31, 2007 (gmt 0)

Anyone know of a popular website that happens to be on a shared IP?

vincevincevince

4:22 am on Aug 31, 2007 (gmt 0)

Anyone know of a popular website that happens to be on a shared IP?

WebmasterWorld is one good example and you cannot even think of suggesting it isn't doing well with the bots. (Compare IP with searchengineworld.com)

apauto

3:08 am on Sep 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

vvv, how do you know ww is not dedicated ip?