Nice points…
I had not even considered this. Most of my surfers are U.S., as my network is land based gambling in the U.S. 50 states = 50 sites + one network hub linking all 50 together. Very good point for others watching this thread who do target multiple countries.
Actually no, but this brings up more good questions. I am doing this so my cross-linking between 100+ sites of related content don’t get penalized. I have heard/read that google doesn’t give as many points for links when links are coming from a network of sites that all share the same IP address, and if you can get on separate c-blocks, that’s even better. For separate c-blocks I need a to be hosted on a different server on each site, correct?
Is it equally as important at this point to have private registrations or different names on each domain name? Is it confirmed that google is also checking whois information?
One last question for now: if I have dedicated servers of my own, what do I have to do to obtain more IP addresses? is there anything I can do? (I don’t but have been considering it)
Thanks – Bernie