Google’s John Mueller for the umpteenth time stated that sharing IP addresses and/or having your website on a shared server and/or utilizing a CDN that does all of that, is ok for Google Search, search engine optimisation and rating. Actually, he stated it’s “regular” for websites to do that.
John wrote on X, “There are a restricted variety of IP addresses, it is regular for them to be shared.” This was in response to the priority that sharing IPs or internet hosting with spammy websites can harm your search engine optimisation:
There are a restricted variety of IP addresses, it is regular for them to be shared.
— John (@JohnMu) April 3, 2024
I imply, there are tremendous uncommon instances the place Google has banned hosts fully and wipped out a whole ccTLD of sorts. However that’s tremendous uncommon, which I suppose is the place the rumors began from.
John Mueller added on X when somebody stated, “Found through Reverse IP lookup device: one in every of my web sites shares an IP with 129 others, many spammy. Might this hurt my website’s popularity?” He responded, “tldr: no.”
He added:
That is how CDNs work, it is also how shared internet hosting works. Additionally, CDNs typically use a globally distributed set of datacenters, so the IP tackle can change relying on time/location. Engines like google have observe coping with this.
tldr: no
That is how CDNs work, it is also how shared internet hosting works. Additionally, CDNs typically use a globally distributed set of datacenters, so the IP tackle can change relying on time/location. Engines like google have observe coping with this :-).— John (@JohnMu) April 3, 2024
In 2019, Google stated this earlier than – saying sharing IP addresses is okay and in 2016 he stated don’t worry about IP addresses. This was a priority in just like the early 2000s however actually is just not a factor in the present day.
Once more, this isn’t new however I figured I would share this info once more primarily based on folks asking.
This stemmed when John Mueller informed CDNs to cease blocking Googlebot:
In the event you use a CDN set to be aggressive about dealing with bots, Googlebot will not be capable to get via – and nothing will get listed.
*cough* @Cloudflare https://t.co/0NpKKy20KG
— John (@JohnMu) April 2, 2024
Discussion board dialogue at X.
