Multiple Website Hosting Options
The first thing to look for when going for multiple website account is whether or not to host them all with the same web hosting company. Several web hosting companies offer packages that let you set up multiple sites on a single account and almost all will let you set up multiple accounts. If you are planning to operate multiple websites we can provide some useful information regarding the prices of domain name registration and web hosting. Advantages of using a different host are that you’ll get a different IP address for each of your sites.
If your sites are related to one another and you want to link them together, having different IP addresses can sometimes help your site rank higher in the search engines.
Separate accounts are self-explanatory, so let’s look at reseller accounts. As a reseller, you are basically acting as an agent for the hosting company - a middleman between them and the end user.If you do choose to host all your sites with one company, there are essentially 3 choices - separate accounts for each site, a reseller account where they are all hosted or a dedicated server, again where they are all hosted. If you are happy with the hosting company you’re using for your existing website(s), one advantage of using them for another site is the fact that you know they offer good service and support.They might also offer discounts for multiple sites, so your costs might be lower if you stay with them again.
Links from other sites are one of the most important factors in getting your site ranked highly. If those links come from sites on the same IP address, it is a signal to the search engines that they are quite likely all owned by the same person, and they may discount the value of those links.On the other hand, if you choose a different host you’ll be able to compare the quality of another company with whomever you’re currently using. If you ever run into problems with them, you’ll have an alternative. It’s wise not to “put all your eggs in one basket” as the saying goes. Hosting on a dedicated server gives you complete control of the computer that is the web server. You can install any software you want, any operating system you want and you can allocate resources like memory and hard disk space however you want to divide it up between your sites.A reseller account is nice because all your websites are “under one roof” and you have a single point of contact for any technical problems.
Drawbacks of a dedicated server: The drawbacks of a dedicated server are that you are only responsible for maintaining the server and sometimes even for the technical knowhow of things. If you are unaware of technical issues of running a web server then you are in trouble. The idea is that you can set up your own company offering web hosting that is ultimately hosted by the company.
