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Originally Posted by d-null
if it is something you can implement fairly easily and without spending that much, why not do it? it's like not leaving money on the table if you can squeeze a little more performance out of your network with some small steps like spreading things around 
and of course some people build sites and networks without taking the effort to spread around the ip and they get a lot of traffic, but maybe if they had things spread around their income would be even higher |
I totally agree if it is
easily implemented. But typically it is not... and usually adds a lot of management overhead (especially when it comes to content management ).
It's not so bad if your a programmer and you have unified everything into 1 system. I once ran a network of 47 domains each on it's own IP over 7 C-Classes. Setup was a pain but once it was done it was set.
But after that... think about content deployment... I built a content engine to manage all Titles, Keywords, Descriptions, Pictures, Videos... Links...
EVERYTHING all from 1 control panel. No big deal if you have the capital to invest in such a system. But for your average webmaster it would weave a network that would become unmanageable in the long run
Just some things to consider for the future