Does changing nameservers affect SEO?

[Forsh]

I am in the process of testing out hosts for my domain to see which host can, within my budget, handle the load my site will be putting on their servers and this will require me to update my nameservers about 3 or 4 times--but I thought I remembered reading somewhere that frequent changes to your site nameservers may have a negative effect on your overall SEO/SERP?

[pinkfluffybunny]

Hi Forsh,

I've seen a company with very very good standings drop to almost zero.

But it had little to do with the nameserver. It has to do with the new IP assigned and how the host handles it. Some hosts allow spammers or worst then they give the "burned" IP to the next poor slob who wants a site. You get what you pay for.

I always advise my clients to select a host that can support the future needs. In fact, (I even started my own hosting with high end servers just to ensure they got what they need) Pay a little more but it will save money in the end. I do a lot of research on the ISPs I recommend to my clients now. (I sold the hosting company - what a pain in the butt)

(I was in the spam business many years ago, but those IP's I used to pump out millions of emails from are burned forever) It's not only the engines you have to worry about, the companies like AOL, RR, etc block them so even if the do get listed, people can't get to the site.

One of the things you can do right now is reduce your load times.

Your home page takes almost 8 minutes at 56K - OUCH.

You broke the golden rule of web development - you are forcing what you want people to see instead of enticing them to see it.

Artistic people should never attempt to build a site .....lol

Here's your keywords positions now:
Listings in the First Position 0
Listings in the Top 5 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 10 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 20 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 30 Positions 0
Listings Which Moved Up 0
Listings Which Moved Down 0
Listings Which Did Not Change 0
Total Listings 0
Total Positions Gained/Lost 0


I think you just wanted to put your link on a BB, but it was a good question.

[Forsh]

Hrrm, I am a little confuse by your response:


Here's your keywords positions now:
Listings in the First Position 0
Listings in the Top 5 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 10 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 20 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 30 Positions 0
Listings Which Moved Up 0
Listings Which Moved Down 0
Listings Which Did Not Change 0
Total Listings 0
Total Positions Gained/Lost 0


Not sure what you mean by this, and no my post has nothing to do with getting a link, I do my best to contribute around here and it was an honest question.

Not sure what all of those zeros are...

[MrCat]

It does not affect your rankings at all. You are just basically changing host servers and not your domain

[pinkfluffybunny]

Originally Posted by Forsh

Hrrm, I am a little confuse by your response:


Here's your keywords positions now:
Listings in the First Position 0
Listings in the Top 5 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 10 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 20 Positions 0
Listings in the Top 30 Positions 0
Listings Which Moved Up 0
Listings Which Moved Down 0
Listings Which Did Not Change 0
Total Listings 0
Total Positions Gained/Lost 0


Not sure what you mean by this, and no my post has nothing to do with getting a link, I do my best to contribute around here and it was an honest question.

Not sure what all of those zeros are...

Those are your current search engine positions in the major engines. So you have nothing to worry about. You have nothing to start with.

Mrcat, how sure are you - it has no affect? Let's play.

I will give you free hosting with one of those burned IPs FREE OF CHARGE - I won't have to worry about bandwidth on that site.......lol

In fact I can sell you a block of IPs - cheap........lol

[livePR.ezer.com]

SERPs take time to get the results

I am taking a test to check different NS results.
I hope there is no different.

[pinkfluffybunny]

Some seo guys will tell you that google handles virtual sites the same as static IPs. In a way they do, but there are many more factors to it. Always get your own "Good" static IP - no problems.

[shakir]

changing name servers will not effect. Only each changes there may be some downtime. if its high , chance of affecting otherwise nothing

[Forsh]

Originally Posted by pinkfluffybunny

Those are your current search engine positions in the major engines. So you have nothing to worry about. You have nothing to start with.

Mrcat, how sure are you - it has no affect? Let's play.

I will give you free hosting with one of those burned IPs FREE OF CHARGE - I won't have to worry about bandwidth on that site.......lol

In fact I can sell you a block of IPs - cheap........lol

What tool did you use that gave that result? It's broke...

[pinkfluffybunny]

Nope my software isn't broke - but your nameservers have problems

"advertised recursive lookups, but its not" the bad guys could use your DNS server as part of an attack, by forging their IP address, they can get you banded.....

Your SOA REFRESH interval is : 86400 seconds - ouch

Your SOA EXPIRE time is : 3600000 seconds - ouch

Your domain does not have an SPF record

sorry - next time I run it it may work, and next time Google spiders it "May" be ok


I made a mistake and imported your keywords from the site - but during that time your DNS servers were screwed and someone who wons a whitewater rafting site in VA had control of your domain - I won't run it again I'm to lazy to copy and paste....lol

Seriously get a new DNS server

[MrCat]

Originally Posted by pinkfluffybunny

Those are your current search engine positions in the major engines. So you have nothing to worry about. You have nothing to start with.

Mrcat, how sure are you - it has no affect? Let's play.

I will give you free hosting with one of those burned IPs FREE OF CHARGE - I won't have to worry about bandwidth on that site.......lol

In fact I can sell you a block of IPs - cheap........lol

No need for that, lols.

It may have an effect though if the new server is located on a different country. Google has different data centers and shows different results per data center.

Aside form that, with all things remaining the same - domain, backlinks, content (titles, meta, etc. - I doubt there'll be any change on your rankings.

By the way, what kind of software are you using buddy?

[pinkfluffybunny]

I use webposition pro to check placement - in this guys case I got lazy and imported his keywords.

At the time I did the import his domain was hijacked so I got the keywords from a whitewater rafting company located in Virginia .....

If I were him, I'd try to figure out if they hijacked it or it was just a DNS server error

[webcosmo]

IP is the most important thing when you change name servers. SE detect the location of server using the IP address. If SE sees a different IP from a different location your serps may drop. As long as you get hosting from same geographical local you should be ok.