Time to rethink Hosting - advice?

[raddy]

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

I currently have a small amount of sites, let's say 8. The sites are split among 4 different Hosting providers that accept adult content. Each on a shared hosting scenario.

I would like to rethink my strategy. Maybe I can have all 8 in a single hosting service; and each on its own IP address? How about private hosting/VPS? Would it be too expensive? Cloud hosting for adult?

What do you recommend SEO wise? Shared hosting gives me the creeps; getting hacked due to someone else's fault sounds silly.

A small advice to the point is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[HostWanted]

Hi!

We would love to discuss this with you. We can provide several different options
for you, all affordable and on fast bandwidth.

Please contact me on s-ky-pe: host*wanted <please replace the * with a . (done to prevent spam)

[raddy]

Thank you! But I'm looking for actual experience/objective recommendations. Have a good day and good luck with the spam.

Originally Posted by HostWanted

Hi!

We would love to discuss this with you. We can provide several different options
for you, all affordable and on fast bandwidth.

Please contact me on s-ky-pe: host*wanted <please replace the * with a . (done to prevent spam)

[Klen]

You current scenario looks fine,better then having everything on single host due following:
1)Better resistance in case of host disaster,you dont lose all sites just part of it
2)Better seo picture,since they you have then 4 different A/C classes meaning you can freely interlink between them.For seo you dont need to have dedicated ip,only in case if you have tons of domains

[anexsia]

Originally Posted by raddy

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

I currently have a small amount of sites, let's say 8. The sites are split among 4 different Hosting providers that accept adult content. Each on a shared hosting scenario.

I would like to rethink my strategy. Maybe I can have all 8 in a single hosting service; and each on its own IP address? How about private hosting/VPS? Would it be too expensive? Cloud hosting for adult?

What do you recommend SEO wise? Shared hosting gives me the creeps; getting hacked due to someone else's fault sounds silly.

A small advice to the point is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I can usually fit about 20 or so Wordpress blogs on a shared host account using 1 IP (you really don't need all these different IPs, it's not going to make a difference unless you are trying to sell hardlinks or split up adult and mainstream website).

You could also pickup a cheap VPS from Quadranet Infracloud, Ramnode, Digital Ocean, VULTR, INIZ (there's many more on lowendbox.com) and stick a free panel like Webmin/Virtualmin or VestaCP on there to manage your website if you're not comfortable with commandline and managing your own VPS...there's also good managed VPS provided like Wired Tree or Knownhost but you'll be paying $40+ a month

[Choopa Phil]

Shoot me an email to [email protected]. I'm sure we have a Dedicated or VPS solution that can fit your needs!

[Zeiss]

If your sites are different in content, don't bother to get different IPs... It's a total waste... I recommend cloud hosting, which works with onapp.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by raddy

What do you recommend SEO wise? Shared hosting gives me the creeps; getting hacked due to someone else's fault sounds silly.

A small advice to the point is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I would stay with different providers for SEO as long as you also use different whois info and hostmaster emails. You are right about concerns with shared hosting, but some providers are pretty good while others aren't. Scanning webhosting boards and review sites helps a lot to find the jewels.

You could learn how to setup linux servers and then VPS would be the best choice.

[raddy]

Thank you all; specifically faxxaff, Zeiss, anexsia and Klen.

Super helpful!

[raddy]

Given the following hosting providers, which one would you get rid of?

a- Servage
b- GoDaddy
c- DreamHost

Maybe I can push more domains into one of them, and get rid of at least 1 provider.

[jimmycastor]

keep it on different hosts

[baddog]

GotWebHost.com can give you dedicated IPs for each site on one shared server with ease

[2MuchMark]

I'm not sure if it would be right for you, but have you considered cloud hosting? Setup an account with someone like Amazon or Peer1 Networks and you can create your own server, add or remove CPU's, Hard disk space, etc, even specify the operating system you want. This way you can put all of your domains on it, add more power to the server if you need it, or split it off into a second server, etc... it could even end up being cheaper for you.

I'm not sure but maybe Mojohost offers this service. If they don't offer cloud then for sure they have the best prices and services in the industry. Mojohost is also a sponsor of GFY and usually sponsors lots of industry events too so they would definitely deserve your business, and could probably compete well for your business too.

Good luck!

[gebu]

If you are familiar with linux / apache administration you should give www.digitalocean.com a try.

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by jimmycastor

keep it on different hosts

Why? If he has lots of properties, wouldn't it make sense to keep them with the same host? He is more likely to get faster and better service, reduced prices, etc.. What would be the reason to keep his websites all on different hosts?

[3xmedia]

Originally Posted by raddy

Given the following hosting providers, which one would you get rid of?

a- Servage
b- GoDaddy
c- DreamHost

Maybe I can push more domains into one of them, and get rid of at least 1 provider.

they ALL suck

[rockeru]

The hottest offer for Cloud VPS hosting right now is in my signature. They have a double your money offer right now, pay $10 get $10 worth of credit free. I have 100% uptime so far with good network/disk speed.

VPS plans start from 5$ and additional IPs cost $2/month.

[raddy]

Thank you all! I'm very familiar with apache and command line configurations, so that wouldn't be a problem.

I had VPS/cloud in mind as I thought maaaaybe newer scenarios were stepping on the traditional shared hosting business model. Less expensive, more adaptable?

Anyone aware on Adult content policies for hostings/vps/cloud these days? Is it "all good"? I don't upload content - I'm only frontends to webcam programs.

[DamianJ]

Originally Posted by baddog

GotWebHost.com can give you dedicated IPs for each site on one shared server with ease

Yet can't provide a shred of evidence as to why that is a good idea.

Go figure.

[Klen]

Let me give you one trick regarding collecting hosting accounts -
1.Always use vps instead shared hosting,because then you have far greater control over how your resources are spend
2.Check site like lowendbox.com for cheap deals

[raddy]

Thank you KlenTelaris

[deniska]

https://www.isprime.com/virtual-private-server.html

Have a look at our fully managed virtual private servers.

We have been in business for over 16 years, search here for feedback.

[dantheman]

would love to talk to you about M3server.com give me a shout

[signupdamnit]

Yeah you can just get a cheap dedicated box for $30 - $60 pm and many will come with 5 or so usable IPS but you can buy more. These days I wouldn't worry too much about Google seeing the same IP or network unless you are doing extreme blackhat SEO. They have too many other ways to find you anyway.

[John HostiServer]

Look us up, we can help, we have good VPS plans.

[Ferus]

The second largest traveling Agency is one of my clients, and they rank #1-5 on Google for the terms they want.

They have different sites/brand-names for each niche, but all are travle-related.

All sites(35+) use the same load-balancer, so any Searchengine will see it as hosted on the same server.

So how much does different IP's matter these days? I dont know your business-model, but 95% of you are better of saving $$$, by hosting it all on the same box/cluster.

[ditlev]

Originally Posted by Zeiss

If your sites are different in content, don't bother to get different IPs... It's a total waste... I recommend cloud hosting, which works with onapp.

who do you recommend with OnApp?

[AndrewX]

We would like to welcome you onboard at XenLayer.com, feel free to check out our range of OpenVZ and Xen VPS servers. I would recommend an OpenVZ 1GB plan with an IP addon. Our highly advanced control panel allows you to split your websites over the IPs you have, the service is fully managed, which means we worry about your uptime load and security, while you handle the rest. Just like you are used to, except you have everything on one hosting plan, at one company, and you have full root/administrator access to your virtual private server.

Edit: On request we can install a Wordpress auto-install script for free, one click installs for all your (future) blogs. Migration is also free of charge, cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, not a problem. We will take care of it.

[HomerSimpson]

DigitalOcean
- SSD drives BLAZING FAST!!!!
- Lots of ram and fast CPU for le$$
- 1TB of bandwidth
- cheap backups
- fast and seamless upgrades
- instant activation/provisioning

[Cyber Fucker]

www.Webair.com ..rock solid, good prices, nice support.

[rockeru]

Sweet $5-7/month cloud SSD hosting in my sig with 100% uptime, good network I/O speed. They'll give you $5 credit to try them out and I bet you won't regret.

[brentbacardi]

Try sparknode.com for cloud hosting.