Hi - I have a question about IP addresses

[abisti2]

- would it hurt link juice to host a blog on a different server to the rest of your website?

I have a web host saying they can't run Wordpress as they won't support PHP for "security reasons" - one solution would be to set up Wordpress on a different server and redirect domain.com/blog there (I presume this is do-able?).

But I don't know if that affects the SEO adversely?

[GastonRiera]

Hi there.

No, it won't affect you SEO.

Hope it helps.

GR.

[abisti2]

Thanks Gaston, much appreciated and as I feared.

I'm feeling a bit stuck as to what to do here then. I want to run Wordpress (principally for the ease of client use and the Yoast SEO plugin), but the hosts simply won't allow PHP.

So if a different server / IP number isn't a solution, I wonder if there  is any way I haven't thought of to run Wordpress in an effective manner as a subfolder of the site? Or perhaps an alternative to WP that has great SEO - the hosts say they run "web servers with .Net applications hosted on them using IIS "

Does anybody have any ideas?

[GastonRiera]

Damn it. I've had a typo . IT WONT AFFECT YOUR SEO.

I'm just editing the first reply. Sorry

[abisti2]

Ah OK, that's a much happier thing to hear! Thank you

[GastonRiera]

sorry for the mistake.

[Highland]

It depends a bit. In order to host on a different site you'll have to have a different domain or subdomain. That will let it live under a different IP. The IP thing isn't an issue but the different domain might be. I would try to get it under a subdomain of your main domain (i.e. blog.domain.com) so bots can at least see there's a relationship there. The catch here is that your subdomain is not going to pass as much juice to your main site as if it lived under domain.com/blog (where it's part of the same domain).

You don't have to host your own blog incidentally. Check out wordpress.com where, for a fee, they will map a domain to your blog. It's the safest way to host Wordpress, since they update it and secure the servers.

[abisti2]

Thanks Highland - ironically that's the exact setup at the moment - a wordpress.com blog hosted on a subdomain!

So my idea was to move it to a subfolder for better SEO - then the hosts chipped in with their refusal to run PHP.

This is in a high-competition niche where every detail can make a difference.

I guess you're saying it's impossible to have a WP (.org) site hosted elsewhere and pointed at the URL domain.com/blog ?

[abisti2]

Really not a problem - thank you for responding

[EGOL]

This issue can be cleanly solved by placing this site on a different hosting service.

That's what I would do instead of rigging-up complex ways of doing something simple.

[abisti2]

Thanks Egol - this website took over a year to build and cost 7 figures to build, so not so simple I'm afraid. (It's integrated with stock controls in a shop and warehouse and all sorts)

[Highland]

Not really. As big as this site sounds, attempting to do so would probably pose a security risk to your website (as an IT professional I can think of a few ways this could work, but all involve exposing the main server in ways I would cringe at). The subdomain has the fewest questions overall.

[abisti2]

Thank you, that gives me a lot of clarity