New site - same host domain?

[Tustep]

Building a new site for my business (different URL)

For SEO purposes...Is it ok to host the site on the same account as my existing site (GoDaddy) or should I purchase a seperate hosting account?

Thanks

[ChadBreezy]

Hi,

As long as the content is not the same, you should be okay. Google will see them both as sister websites.

Avoid going after exact anchor match keywords that you might be thinking of targeting. Google came out with EMD (exact match domain algorithm) that is targeted to downgrade websites using this tactic to rank high in the search verticle. Also try to avoid .info, .org, .biz unless you plan on branding a community like SEOMoZ; hopefully this make sense!

[Tustep]

Thanks Chad

New site will have new content tho I will be targeting the same keywords.

As I read your response it would be best to purchase a separate hosting from GoDaddy for the new site.

[ChadBreezy]

Yea you can certainly do that. The only case where I see websites being on the same server are unique things like directories and other Internet utility websites to keep cost low.

Using C-class ips can get very expensive if you have a big network or plan for dynamic content on separate domains.

The only time I would use different domains is if the content is so different or you're content strategy is targeting something completely different to engage users in implicit or explicit conversation. You can use this angle to start a massive content algorithm system to funnel people into your main website. This is good tatic for white-hate-content development and conversion building. Hopefully this makes sense!

[Dr-Pete]

Yeah, I think Chad has the bases covered - sharing an account is really only an issue if you don't want Google to know that the two sites are connected. For example, if you're cross-linking a lot of sites, you might want to keep their ownership as separate as possible. Most of those cases are at least gray-hat, though, and often Google has other cues.

In general, sharing an account is no big deal. Sharing the same IP address has some minimal risks (in the past, if a site on that IP was penalized, it could cross over), but even that seems to be going down over time. Now that we're running out of IPv4 addresses, shared hosting is a lot more common. Personally, I still like unique IPs whenever possible, but sharing a host is no big deal.

I guess the only other exception would be from an engineering standpoint. If you were running two sites for reliability/up-time (in case one went down), then sharing a host would defeat that purpose. That doesn't sound like what you have in mind, though.