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791 Websites Share FresheVenture.com’s IP Address!

Keller Hawthorne | May 19, 2009 | 10 Comments
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791 Websites Share FresheVenture.com’s IP Address!You’ve probably wondered whether or not you should purchase shared or dedicated hosting for your website. To be honest, shared hosting has always worked fine for my purposes, so I never really felt the need to purchase dedicated hosting – that is until today…

Every web server has an IP Address. An IP Address is used by search engines to find websites on the Internet. If you use shared hosting, your web server’s IP Address not only applies to your website, but every other website on the server. If you purchase dedicated hosting, your website will be the only one connected to your IP Address.

Why Does This Matter?

Shared hosting can make your website load REALLY SLOOOOOOW. I noticed this about FresheVenture.com. It just seems to load slower than I would like. I figured it was due to all of the WordPress plugins I was using, so I tried to utilize the WP Super Cache plugin to help present static pages to my visitors, but I haven’t really seen a difference in speed.

I knew that shared hosting meant I was sharing a web server with other websites, but I had no idea how many. Well, this morning I received an email from my Axandra Search Engine Facts Newsletter that clarified this for me. They offer a free Reverse IP Lookup tool on their website that shows you exactly how many websites you’re sharing your web server with. I tried it and was SHOCKED!

791! Let me say that again… 791 other websites reside on my web server! No wonder my website is so slow!

So, how does shared hosting work? Which Websites Load First?

Basically, it’s first come first served. Your web server loads web pages in the order in which a request for the page was received. So, if you visit your home page, you might be 100th in line to load a web page as the other websites on your server also have page load requests. (The term “load” is used to describe the process of requesting a web page from a web server. The request is automatically made when you click on a link or visit a web page.)

Here’s how Axandra puts it:

“The web server delivers the web pages in the order it receives the requests. If there are more requests to the other websites on your server, the visitors of your website will have to wait before the server sends them your pages.”

Find Out How Many Websites Share Your Server

Visit Axandra’s free Reverse IP Lookup tool and enter your domain. You will be provided with all of the domains that share your web server.

What’s My Next Step?

I’m getting out of dodge and onto my own server ASAP! Network Solutions offers Virtual Private Systems starting at $40.00/month. Their VPS Standard includes:

  • Disk Space: 10 GB
  • Monthly Data Transfer: 500 GB
  • Guaranteed RAM: 512 MB
  • Software: Parallels™
  • Max. Managed Domains: 10
  • POP E-Mail Accounts: 50

What Is VPS?

VPS essentially partitions physical servers into multiple “virtual” servers, giving each the ability to run its own operating system and applications. They can also be rebooted independently without affecting another Virtual Private System.

Here’s a little info from Network Solutions’ website:

“VPS hosting offers larger amounts of monthly data transfer compared to shared hosting, giving users the ability to run multiple high traffic Web sites on a single server. Because VPS customers do not share software, it offers the same reliability and security as dedicated Web hosting at a fraction of the cost.”

Dedicated hosting can get pricey, so this may be the way to go.

Before I make the change, I want to hear from you! Have you found FresheVenture.com to be slow? What dedicated or VPS options do you recommend?

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  • http://webboti.com/ TH – Webbots

    Hi,

    your example explaining how a shared host works is pretty good, but not totally right. ;-)
    Each request is basically a process that is being started, a process has many threads etc. The way the OS (Operating system is configured is to rotate through the processes – however that is so fast that we think several things run parallel).

    However i do not want to bore anybody with technical stuff … that is why here one thing i wanted to emphasize ;-)

    A VPS a virtual private server … is as you say a different partition on a server but the server still runs several domains. Is is not 700 or more but it may be 6 pages that have more load and more page requests though. It's the CPU of the server that has to process the page requests so at then end your are still sharing your server and have to “wait in the line” before your page-request of your domain is being processed.

    The big advantage of a VPS is that you are more free to decide about the software that is running on your server.

    What i recommend is a Dedicated Server (not a VPS) that is only serving your domain.

    cheers
    :-)

  • http://www.fresheventure.com kellerbrooke

    Thanks for the feedback TH-Webbots! Yes, VPS is not dedicated, but it is a good option if you don't want to use standard shared hosting or a dedicated server. What web host do you suggest for dedicated servers?

  • C

    Would it be possible to take down this blog, and replace it with a bare bones word press install (with the default theme), see how fast it loads, then add one plug in at a time and test the speed. Then you would know for sure if its the shared hosting or if its your WP install.

  • C

    Or maybe try a different shared hosting plan, could be the one you're on has a slow mysql install or just slow servers. Just a thought.

  • http://www.nmgresources.ph/ Outsourcing Philippines

    I am really satisfied with my FresheVenture.com

  • http://www.fresheventure.com kellerbrooke

    Thanks for the feedback C! Yes, that is definitely a good option, though I'm not excited about having to go through the process. I've done some research and it all points to that very step. Urg!!! I'm just not sure if I'm ready to go through with it. I need to learn a little more about how the plugins will react when deactivated and reactivated. If I have to set everything up again, I probably won’t go in this direction. Any thoughts?

  • http://www.fresheventure.com kellerbrooke

    Thanks Outsourcing Philippines!

  • http://www.darkrealmfox.com/showbiz/ Malcolm

    I use Movable Type 4 and my VPS server package is with InMotion hosting. I used to be on a shared server but basically too many MySQL queries forced me to go the VPS route. Now i was informed by my hosts that usually there will be at least 1000 people on a shared server but on their VPS servers a maximum of 60.

    Obviously having only 60 on a VPS means you will have a faster site with more resources to play with.

    I believe there may be an addition out there to allow for less MySQL queries which basically is what usually slows these type of sites down.

    You might even want to consider Movable Type 4 as i believe you can transfer from WordPress pretty easy wqith the addition of a Movable Type add on.

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    Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

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