Hosting Multiple web sites with One IP Address? QUESTION: Will it hurt Search Engine Placement

[rcristel]

I have multiple web sites in development that I would like to host on 1 account with 1 IP Address.

I will accomplish this by writing an Active Server Page Script to detect what URL the user is requesting.
The script will then redirect the user to another directory in the hosting account.

Example 1
User types in MyFirstDomain.com
The ASP script will redirect them to the following URL:
http://www.MyFirstDomain.com/FirstDomain/
User then types in MySecondDomain.com
The ASP script will redirect them to the following URL:
http://www.MySecondDomain.com/SecondDomain/

Keep in mind that http://www.MyFirstDomain.com/ and http://www.MySecondDomain.com/SecondDomain/ will have the same root directory on the same host computer.
So the root structure would look like this:

/MyIpAddress (This is where the ASP script will go... )
/MyIPAddress/MyFirstDomain
/MyIPAddress/MySecondDomain

I will also be including the meta tags for each site in each of the sub-folders off the root directory.

Has anyone had any experience with this type of thing? WILL THIS HURT MY SEARCH ENGINE PLACEMENT? Or does anyone have any idea where to find out some information on this? I did some searches on google.com and have found basically nothing...

Thanks

 

[Escalade]

<< I have multiple web sites in development that I would like to host on 1 account with 1 IP Address... WILL THIS HURT MY SEARCH ENGINE PLACEMENT? >>


No.

 

[bsobel]

Why are you doing this yourself with an asp script and not using host headers (which most search robots, I believe, support)
Bill

 

[rcristel]

Escalade,

Are you certain? Have you done this before?

-Ralph

 

[rcristel]

bsobel,

I believe using Host Headers requires having access to IIS, and I do not have access to it.

-Ralph

 

[Escalade]

<< Escalade, Are you certain? Have you done this before? >>


Search engines index a webpage based on the contents of that page, regardless of its position.

 

[bsobel]

> Search engines index a webpage based on the contents of that page, regardless of its position.

Actually, this will depend on the search engine. They all have their own methods of determing relavancy. I believe the main page on the site is given preference by a few of them. Some of them are likely to have issues with the redirection also (not the main ones, tho). Btw nice handle/truck (got one too).

> IIS, and I do not have access to it.

I saw you mention .asp, so I figured you had full control of the server. Another idea, to deal with the main page one, would be to have .asp generate the main page also and have it return (via an include) the page you want as the 'home page' thus skipping the redirection.

Bill