Dedicated IP PageRank Advantage Myth Busted!
November 18th, 2006 by Jason
I just came across an interesting post by Matt Cutts indicating that there is no difference in Google PageRank treatment between a site hosted on virtual hosting (multiple sites on 1 IP address) versus a site hosted on a dedicated IP address.
The following is what Director of Technology at Google Craig Silverstein stated in reply to a Slashdot interview question on virtually hosted sites having PageRank penalized:
Actually, Google handles virtually hosted domains and their links just the same as domains on unique IP addresses. If your ISP does virtual hosting correctly, you’ll never see a difference between the two cases. We do see a small percentage of ISPs every month that misconfigure their virtual hosting, which might account for this persistent misperception–thanks for giving me the chance to dispel a myth!
I’m just wondering what it means by misconfiguration in virtual hosting.Â
Anyway, all my sites are on virtual hosting and the busted myth is a comforting note indeed. 
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