Member Avatar for dominique7

Hi,

as far as I understood it yet,
* backlinks from your own page have a certain value,
* while backlinks with a similar IP but different domain should be better
and of course
* completely different IP would be best.

Could anyone quantify this (at least a little), as in "much better" or "similar" or...

The thing is that I'm thinking about having a second site and would link to my first site, They are in one regard related.
Just buying a new domain name and hosting the site on my same space as the first site would be cheapest, but the IP would be a neighborhood IP, wouldn't it?
So I wonder if I should go with a different provider? Or isn't the back link value THAT much reduced with a similar IP?

SEO in principle isn't difficult at all, for me the difficulty is to trade one thing against the other when I have to decide, as no one can really quantify the ranking factors with numbers (or can someone? :) )

Cheers,
Dominique

Edited by dominique7 because: n/a
  • 3 Contributors
  • 2 Replies
  • 115 Views
  • 1 Week Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by infinique

Dani AI

Generated

Short answer: IP proximity is a very weak signal compared with link quality, relevance and placement. If the second site will be a genuine, useful resource and links to your main site naturally from editorial content, hosting both on the same shared account is usually fine. If the second site exists solely to manipulate rankings, moving it to a different host or IP won't hide that and could still be treated as part of a link network.

— the decision should be driven by intent and scale. For one or two related sites that serve real users, buy the cheapest domain/hosting that lets you build good content and place contextual links. For many small satellite sites built only to funnel links, separate hosting can reduce one obvious signal but won’t prevent search engines from detecting the pattern.

Practical checklist:

  • Prioritize link source authority and topical relevance over IP. A single high-quality link from a relevant site is worth far more than dozens of low-quality ones spread over many IPs.
  • Make links editorial and in-body. Footer/sidebar cross-links look manipulative.
  • Vary anchor text and avoid exact-match anchors across many sites.
  • If you do run promotional / partner links, consider rel="nofollow" where appropriate to avoid creating a clear link scheme.
  • Use different hosting only if you need genuine separation (different brands, audiences) or if you’re running a scaled network for legitimate multi-brand reasons.

Troubleshooting quick wins: if a hosted link seems to carry no weight, verify the linking page is indexed, not blocked by robots/meta tags, not behind JavaScript-only navigation, and that the link isn’t rel="nofollow". Manual actions or pattern-based penalties show up in Search Console; if you suspect a penalty, focus on cleaning link profiles and improving on-site quality rather than chasing IP changes.

Both and touch on valid points — IP is detectable, and link quality matters most — but there’s no reliable numeric “value” to assign to same-IP vs different-IP links.

Recommended Answers

All 2 Replies

Member Avatar for InsightsDigital

Yes search engines are smart enough to pick up same IP address. If you can get a different IP or dedicated IP (it may cost extra), then do it. It will be better for your SEO.

Member Avatar for infinique

It's good to have multiple IPs for links as they look more natural. But the end of the day, it is the PR and dofollow nature of links that matters.

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.