Posted on August 25, 2009 by ProProxier

What is Dedicated IP

An IP is the network address of a website on Internet. It looks like four groups of numbers separated by dot sign, such as 192.168.1.1. For proxy hosting, a dedicated IP means your proxy site owns that specific network address.

Why Dedicated IP

1. Independence
Under a shared hosting plan, one IP address may be used by hundreds of different websites. If one of them, for some any reasons(e.g. Porn or Spam), is on a black list, the chances are that IP would be banned by some web filters. Consequently, all sites shared the same IP would also be be blocked. Yet, a Dedicated IP makes your proxy site running independently from others.

2. Private SSL Certificate
To make your proxy site hard to be blocked, one effective way is to install a private SSL certificate. However, this requires you own a Static(Dedicated) IP first.

3. Direct Access
Because a Dedicated IP is like a unique identification of a website, people can use it to directly access your proxy site even though the domain name is unavailable.

4. Search Engine Optimization
For people owning multiple websites, one common practice for SEO is to build inside links referring each other. However, if all of those sites were from the same IP address, some search engines would raise a flag. On the contrary, some SEO experts report using different IPs for different sites would help you obtain higher search engine rankings.

5. Proxy Network Strategy
Pro Proxiers usually operate a large proxy network with more than 50 sites. From the strategy point of view, they may allocate dedicated IPs to their flagship proxies while use shared IPs for those satellite ones.

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