Links from the same server has value or not

[Uds]

Hi Guys,

Sometime ago one of the SEO experts said to me if I get links from the same IP address, Google doesn't count them as with much value. For an example, I am a web devleoper and I host all my clients websites on one server and link them back to me. Im wondering whether those links have any value when it comes to seo or should I consider getting different hosting providers?

Regards

Uds

[JamesNorquay]

Google is pretty good at picking up a network on sites within the same c-class sever.

That been said think of the following methodology, if you acquire 4 links on newspaper websites on the same sever and all those links are very high authority then it will provide 4 different links all with good value.

so that been said if you can acquire 4 different site links on 4 high quality sites on the same sever it is worth it for sure.

But be wary if some one goes to you i will sell you 50 site links on 1 sever all with low authority sites I would steer clear as it is a link network.

[KaneJamison]

The emphasis is "as much value."

When 2 or more links are from websites hosted on the same C-Class IP address, they're often owned by the same person/company, and therefore are viewed as slightly less diverse than the same number of links from websites not hosted on the same C-Class IP address.

A C-Class IP is simply the third set of numbers in an IP address: AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD.

The only difference here is that these links are missing a bit of diversity, but they're not bad and they won't hurt you simply because of the IP address.

Regarding your clients' sites that link back to you - yes Google can tell that they're all hosted together. If you use a custom nameserver that's the same as your primary domain, you can bet they know you're related. Those links are less valuable than if those sites were all hosted on separate servers, but rather than moving all of those client sites I would look into alternative link building strategies, since footer links as credits for a web developer aren't going to be a sufficient strategy for all of your link building activity.

[SEOKeith]

Hi Uds,

I wouldn't say it's worth moving them... I suspect the links are all in the footers any way? (which pass less juice).

If you have 50 sites on one host from the same C block all linking back they are not going to pass as much juice as say 50 links from various high quality sites.

Keith

[KeriMorgret]

And Google has additional ways to identify sites all related, such as everything in the same GWT account, sites having the same Google Analytics master account, etc. Doesn't mean they use it for ranking, but they have ways beyond just IP to see things are related.