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Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it.

If I were strictly trying to understand how Google, for example, sees my IP address, do they see it as a Canadian IP address even though it "Resolves" to Dallas, TX?

We are a US based ecommerce company that recently switched hosting to a Canadian owned company.  I was told we would have a US based IP address but noticed yesterday that the MOZ bar is listing my website, 1800doorbell.com as a Canadian company.

I've researched this online and what's typically stated is that your IP location needs to be in the Geo area you serve.   When I brought his up to my host they stated:

"The location being reported by many of these tools will be the one from the WHOIS. Since our corporation is registered in Canada, it will return a matching result. You can verify the location of the address by issuing a traceroute and examining the location codes at the end of the traceroute. For example, on: 96.125.180.207"

So now I am really confused.  What matters to me is how the search engines see my IP address.  Will/do they see it as a US IP address?

Below is the output from DNSstuff and thanks for any help:

This is what I received back from DNSstuff:

| ASN | 12179 |
| Name | INTERNAP-2BLK |
| Description | - Internap Network Services Corporation |
| # Peers | 11 |
| # IPv4 Origin Ranges | 32 |
| # IPv6 Origin Ranges | 2 |
| Registrar | ARIN |
| Allocation date | Apr 13, 1999 |
| Country Code | US |

|   |
| Reverse | unknown.static.dal01.cologlobal.com. |
| Reverse-verified | No |
| Origin AS | - Internap Network S... |
| Country Code | CA |
| Country | Canada |
| Region | North America |
| Population | 31592805 |
| Top-level Domain | CA |
| IPv4 Ranges | 5944 |
| IPv6 Ranges | 336 |
| Currency | Canadian Dollar |
| Currency Code | CAD |
| IP Range - Start | 96.125.176.0 |
| IP Range - End | 96.125.191.255 |
| Registrar | ARIN |
| Allocation date | May 10, 2011 |

Thanks Everyone who responded.  I got two PM's and two companies to get it touch with.

Thanks again.

Thanks Jesse.

Hey, I accept that my approach in how I am communicating could be way off.  Maybe people could respond and let me know that a company as small as mine just isn't worth the response but I am surprised.

I have written emails to approximately 10 different recommended companies, whether through a direct PM or through the contact us page on their website and have gotten ZERO responses over the last 4 days.--sounds like I am in the wrong business!

Hi John and thank you for the response.  I was not very clear in my post but my frustration stemmed from querying companies on the recommended page.

I've debated on whether I should ask this on the Q&A forum.  Many times I have started to write it, then changed my mind.  So today, after sending another round of emails out to potential SEM and SEO consultants and getting zero response, I said what the heck and decided to post it.

I will point the finger at myself and say I must be doing something wrong in my approach and the way I am seeking out consultants or maybe what I am not saying.  However, I cannot seem to get SEO companies to return my phone calls or emails.  Is my company too small? Are most of the companies recommended here too busy with other  work to worry about following up?  Is my company and brand not sexy enough to deal with?  Am I coming across wrong in my emails and phone calls?

With that being said, I decided to write a post here and clearly state some basic and general requirements in hope someone interested will respond.  I would be more than happy to answer and specific questions about my company, budget, etc. in a PM.

I am looking for an SEO firm or consultants who:

1. Will deal with small businesses with revenue under $2M. I have budgeted for this and am ready to start a project immediately.

2. Have experience and a successful track record working with eCommerce sites who sell a large number of products.

3. Interested in a long term relationship that will produce long lasting, durable results.

4. Try to understand my business and what it will take to make grow my ONLINE profitability.

I look forward to speaking to anyone interested.

Jake

Phil,

Excellent.  Thank you for the response.

Hi Phil,

Great comment.  If you don't mind me asking, what are the reasons not to host the video on Youtube vs. a different platform?

Hi Ollan,

Thanks,  I guess I had a round about way of asking my question and you confirmed what I thought.  I am using the canonical tag on these pages:

http://www.1800doorbell.com/wireless-plug-in-door-chimes.htm?option=1
http://www.1800doorbell.com/wireless-plug-in-door-chimes.htm?option=21
http://www.1800doorbell.com/wireless-plug-in-door-chimes.htm?option=31
http://www.1800doorbell.com/wireless-plug-in-door-chimes.htm?option=41

Thanks again,

Jake

Wayne,

I am a small business owner.  I have done my own SEO, hired consultants, and worked with SEO firms - the whole gamut.  I have a lot of personal experience in this area and bottom line it just isn't worth the resources involved, mainly the money, in my opinion.

I can guess who this company is based on what you said at the end...sort of rings a bell.

Any gains that are made will be short term and typically won't last.  Google WILL eventually sniff these sites out.  No matter how crafty they are, not matter what they tell you, Google will find it and a) deindex the site or 2) devalue the link from the site.  The footprint and/or quality and content will get you.  In your examples, almost all these sites are set up the exact same way.  Google can smell that a mile away.

I have done this myself as well as paid different companies to do it for me.  I have gone through hurdles (and I guarantee you more than they company they are paying will do) to ensure I have virtually zero footprint and to keep good content.  I have over 70 now and very few are worthwhile.

At the end of the day, to continue to be worthwhile these sites will need QUALITY content.  The amount of content and effort it will take for these sites to provide any sort of SEO boost for them would be better served on their own site's content, viral marketing, social signals, etc.

I am not trying to be pessimistic or paint too broad of a brush stroke but think of it this way.  In the above example there are 7 network sites.  The cost will really start piling up.  Registration fees, hosting, the content (and it won't be quality all the time) and the ongoing cost to maintain these sites get big. So your client has piled all this money into a short term solution that can literally be snatched away overnight.

Spend the money on substance, quality of quantity.  I am sitting on 70 worthless sites that I have spend thousands on.

Wayne,

I am a small business owner.  I have done my own SEO, hired consultants, and worked with SEO firms - the whole gamut.  I have a lot of personal experience in this area and bottom line it just isn't worth the resources involved, mainly the money, in my opinion.

I can guess who this company is based on what you said at the end...sort of rings a bell.

Any gains that are made will be short term and typically won't last.  Google WILL eventually sniff these sites out.  No matter how crafty they are, not matter what they tell you, Google will find it and a) deindex the site or 2) devalue the link from the site.  The footprint and/or quality and content will get you.  In your examples, almost all these sites are set up the exact same way.  Google can smell that a mile away.

I have done this myself as well as paid different companies to do it for me.  I have gone through hurdles (and I guarantee you more than they company they are paying will do) to ensure I have virtually zero footprint and to keep good content.  I have over 70 now and very few are worthwhile.

At the end of the day, to continue to be worthwhile these sites will need QUALITY content.  The amount of content and effort it will take for these sites to provide any sort of SEO boost for them would be better served on their own site's content, viral marketing, social signals, etc.

I am not trying to be pessimistic or paint too broad of a brush stroke but think of it this way.  In the above example there are 7 network sites.  The cost will really start piling up.  Registration fees, hosting, the content (and it won't be quality all the time) and the ongoing cost to maintain these sites get big. So your client has piled all this money into a short term solution that can literally be snatched away overnight.

Spend the money on substance, quality of quantity.  I am sitting on 70 worthless sites that I have spend thousands on.

Hi Phil,

Great comment.  If you don't mind me asking, what are the reasons not to host the video on Youtube vs. a different platform?