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i use the word dedicated rather than fixed as i believe websites hosted on UH servers are on fixed (but shared) ips anyway.

it is said that websites on a dedicated ip is good for seo but a serach on the web came up with different views, some said yes while others not so sure.
i know if you type in the shared server ip it'd only take you to the server admin screen. wiht a dedicated ip, i suppose it will take you to the site the ip is 'dedicated' to?
if a site switches to dedicated ip hosting, will the dns nameservers (either a virtual one or the real one) be changed?

there must be some good reasons (apart from SSL) for using a dedicated ip, or UH wont be selling them.

part of my post could have been asked a support ticket but i think some others may also be interested in the subject, so i think i'd post here.

Vger

They sell them precisely because on a shared server you cannot install a full ssl cert on a website using the servers' shared ip address.

The dns addresses are not changed by moving to a dedicated ip address.

Yes, if you type in http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (dedicated ip address) then you'd go to the website and not to the server landing page.

I'm not sure if having a dedicated ip address is good for SEO, but it certainly cannot harm - and having your own full ssl cert is definitely good for reassuring customers. Also the https pages should load quicker as that site is the only one using that certificate (not the case with shared ssl).

Vger

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