September 2, 2004

Can search engines determine a site's IP?

Not too long ago I wrote about links from different IPs. I recently asked my webhost about the possibility of getting different IPs and found there is none (unless I get a new host). Anyway, one person has been trying to convince me that there's no way a search engine can determine a site's IP (and therefore they could never determine if too many of your links come from the same IP). I know of two papers that discuss devaluing links from different IPs.

paper 1

paper 2

Again, there is no direct evidence that this is used, but there is circumstantial evidence. Google has been reported to ban sites that buy a ton of links from just one or two other sites.

Posted by James Trotta at September 2, 2004 9:23 PM
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It's very easy to know the IP of a website, try "start->Program->Accessories->commend promote", then type "ping domain.com". You even can easily know how many sites a certain IP host with whois.cc, search a domain name, it will tell you how many sites on the same IP.

Looks like a typo:"discuss devaluing links from different IPs."

Posted by: KL at September 3, 2004 1:18 AM

I may be distracted by my cold, but I don't see anything wrong with "discuss devaluing links from different IPs".

Posted by: James Trotta at September 3, 2004 11:54 PM
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