Why do I need a dedicated IP for my website?
One such example is having a SSL certificate installed on your account which is needed to handle any sort of online transactions whether you’re looking to host an online store or any site that receives online payments.
SSL certificates are installed on their own dedicated IPs to add extra security by encrypting all data transferred over sites. If your website accepts credit cards directly you will require a dedicated IP.
All newly created shared accounts are placed on the server’s shared IP which means every active client on the server uses the server’s shared IP.
What are the advantages of having a dedicated IP?
One major advantage of hosting your website on a dedicated IP is to avoid any sort of blacklisting related issues which will interrupt the server’s mail flow resulting in the server’s shared IP being blocked/Blacklisted by the RBL.
What is a RBL?
Short for Realtime Blackhole List, a list of IP addresses whose owners refuse to stop the proliferation of spam. The RBL usually lists server IP addresses from ISPs whose customers are responsible for the spam and from ISPs whose servers are hijacked for spam relay.
The majority of blacklistings are caused by spam actively from an individual account which can be hosted on the same server (and IP) as you!
Needless to say we take these sort of issues very seriously as we have a zero tolerate for any sort of spam activity on our network.
The procedure to lift the ban is to take immediate action in stopping the spam activity and then requesting the removal the server’s shared IP from the RBL. The amount of time it takes to lift the ban of an IP varies and can take anyware from 12 to 72 hours after the request has been sent.
Does using a dedicated IP improve your site’s SEO?
This has been an on going topic of interest for quite some time and the truth of the matter is that it has not been proven. However one thing to take into account is that Google handles virtually hosted domains and their links just the same as domains on unique IP addresses.
At Hostupon.com we provide a free dedicated IP on some of our plans which is mainly used for SSL installations only.
It is important to know that we only assign dedicated IPs to accounts upon request and there must be a justified reason for using one (Such as having a SSL certificate installed).
We provide dedicated IPs and SSL cettificates along with many other addon services which can be added to any account at anytime!
You can find a full list of our addon services below:
http://hostupon.com/order-addons.html
