If some rooted domains providing back links to a website are from the same server, would it cause an issue?

[SeobyKP]

My client with alliedautotransport.com has a brother that owns hundreds of relevant websites that has great content on there, however, if we have him do some back linkings from those pages from the same server, would it hurt the rankings or make a difference?

[Everett]

Hello SeobyKP,

That's a tough question. It's fairly easy for Google to see the other domains on any given server. It is not uncommon for shared hosting to have sites in all sorts of different industries, and all levels of quality.

My thought is that you should probably put your client's site on a different server, especially if you're going to be linking into it from other domains on that server.

I would personally not link to your client's sites from the other ones because they all appear to use the exact same template, and do not seem to be of very high quality. See these:

https://viewdns.info/reverseip/?host=alliedautotransport.com&t=1

Either way, try to avoid using keyword-rich anchor text. It is perfectly fine to interlink a network of sites. Many eCommerce brands do this. They tend to be linked to in the footer with the domain or brand name only.