Is IP trust a factor in SEO

[usedcarexpert]

Hi

If my website is on an IP address that has a bad reputation with AOL for email, would Google use that as a factor in where they place us in SERPs?

If so, what should I do?

Matt

[RankSurge]

If you can confirm that your IP address is on a "spam" blacklist, you should move your site to another hosting provider ASAP. While it's not your fault that your IP address is on that list, it's going to make Google look at your site very carefully.

[Aran_Smithson]

Check the Spamhaus SBL and XBL black lists while your at it...

http://www.spamhaus.org/

[RobertFisher]

Matt,

If I knew that AOL labeled an IP address as a spam oriented IP, I would move my sites TODAY. In my opinion, if AOL has an issue with a site, even though AOL does not have the prominence it once did, I have to believe Google and Bing do too.

If you have a lot of spam coming from one IP they can block the entire IP. Even though your site was not spamming you are down.