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cathyslife:
I am with Bluehost. I am trying to ride out their problems, but even before that I was contemplating getting a dedicated IP. The cost is not that much. I've done some research, and the consensus seems to be divided on whether it will make your site run faster. I can see points on both sides and am willing to spend the extra $$ and test it myself. The jury is still out on the SEO benefits, too, but that isn't the reason I'm thinking of changing. It's more for the speed.

I was wondering if you others have any experiences or thoughts on this.

EmberMike:

I'm on HostMonster and I've had various sites over the years with and without a dedicated IP address. I see no difference in site performance really.

In cases where I've gotten a dedicated IP it was more for protection from possibly nefarious actions by other sites on the server. Sharing an IP address with a site that is flagged for spamming, for example, could have a negative impact on your own site.

cascoly:
same here 0-- I've been with 1and1 for ages, and justhost just recently; mix of dedicated & shared - main reason i had  a dedicated ip was when I was developing online games in ohio and we needed the extra security; otherwise never noticed any difference

steve

stockphoto-images.com:
Regarding speed which was one of my main requirements for getting a good host led me to hostgator.

I signed up with them a while ago and I'm more than pleased. Response time is really nice, haven't had much or any (?) downtime - at least I'm not aware of any.

Anyone can test it by checking my Symbiostock site at www.stockphoto-images.com

I feel my site runs faster than some Bluehost sites but maybe that's just a result of most of my site's data already being cached on my computer.

It would be good for me to hear from others then if they also see a difference in speed when accessing my site  ::)

Leo once stated that when traffic and the amount of visitors start creating too much noise for shared hosting, Hostgator would knock on my door suggesting to move over to a dedicated server but I'm still thousands of daily visitors away from this problem I guess...

Until then I'm not thinking of coughing up more $$$ just for the hosting of the site.

Leo Blanchette:
Apparently dedicated IP with bluehost will allow you to run scripts MUCH longer than what you can on "shared" IP.

Regarding the benefits of a dedicated IP (or a unique one) thats outdated info since so much of the web is "shared" hosting. So google doesn't care about your IP just because a spammer is using it too.

But like I said, for some reason a dedicated IP on bluehost allows your scripts to run much longer.

Also regarding the "noise" or over-use. Symbiostock is dealing kinder on your resources as of the latest versions, so thats helpful too. AJT figured out that one :D

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