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IP ADDRESS request vs. DOMAIN NAME request?

I think I found my answer. So, the thing is, because I bought a shared hosting package, they also gave me a shared IP. My guess is, this IP has many websites next to mine and they're all accessible ...
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How can I find out what other websites are hosted from my website IP address and why is that important from SEO point of view?

To complete the other answers, there is no authoritative database of complete IP -> name mappings. DNS provides for two kinds of mappings: name -> IP. Multiple names can map to a single IP IP -> ...
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Google search keeps indexing hacked URLs

I got the same problem once with a website with an old version of Joomla, the server was safe but the pages were generated by an hack on at PHP level that I was not able to discover fast. In the end ...
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How can I find out what other websites are hosted from my website IP address and why is that important from SEO point of view?

Don't know if it's possible with simple command, but there are special "Reverse-IP" services just for that, check that one for example: http://viewdns.info/reverseip/ Apparently if you share IP with ...
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How can I find out what other websites are hosted from my website IP address and why is that important from SEO point of view?

To answer your question directly: No, in most cases there is no negative impact for sharing an IP with a bad domain. How do I know this? I am the SEO oracle. I come from the future to save humanity. ...
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How to specify expiry to a (css/js) files of a website in a shared hosting?

Yes it is possible using Apache and PHP, by setting the expires and cache-control using header(), you can find out more about what is, and what is not supported in the HTTP/1.1 specification. PHP ...
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SEO scope for multiple domains hosting on the same IP address

If you can create high quality sites, provide great user experience, and take care not to violate any of Google's webmaster guidelines, there is no problem with having multiple sites on a shared host. ...
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SEO scope for multiple domains hosting on the same IP address

Search engines care about content of the web site and not IP addresses. Period. End of story. Now, if your IP address or domain name is a known spammer; different story.
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Unable to download large zipped file of cPanel full backup (Chrome download restarts download )

You can find or change the location of backups in cpanel's Configure Backup Directory section of Backup Configuration interface Home > Backup > Backup Configuration Once you know the location ...
Steve's user avatar
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Visiting website without nameservers

cPanel can do this by going to the following url: http://[ip-address]/~[cPanel-username]
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How can I find out what other websites are hosted from my website IP address and why is that important from SEO point of view?

You could use a service that does "reverse IP lookup" to check for websites hosted on the same server / the same IP address. This service http://viewdns.info for example lets you simply enter a domain ...
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Godaddy Resourse limit reached for wordpress site

This can be due to a wide range of factors including the number of plugins that you are running. Some factors that need to be taken into consideration are... Is Caching Enabled How Many Images Are ...
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Godaddy Resourse limit reached for wordpress site

RAM usage by Linux Linux will generally eat a lot of RAM to avoid disk caching (swap file) and does not indicate that anything is wrong if you have little to no ram free. You should only consider it ...
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Google search keeps indexing hacked URLs

If Google is indexing these, it means they are resolving. Your domain is serving bad pages - possibly JUST to Search Engines if you've been hacked at the server level. They won't resolve or show up ...
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IP ADDRESS request vs. DOMAIN NAME request?

Yes, it is very unusual to get a dedicated website IP address these days unless you specifically ask for one, and usually at a cost. Typically the hosts node apache/nginx server will run a default ...
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How do I migrate mail from one shared hosting account to another?

I would like to share the steps I followed recently in regards to this question. If you want to transfer the email accounts and messages for a domain from one server to another, you can easily do ...
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Unable to locate phishing URL in CPanel file manager

These files were never on your account, they were hosted on another account on the same (shared) server with username "impots". On many shared Apache servers you can access your account's files by a ...
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Can GoDaddy unlimited bandwidth hosting handle 8000 simultaneous users or should I purchase a dedicated server?

I've used GoDaddy's unlimited (and cheap) monthly plans, and a basic Wordpress site with more than about 3 users clicking around at the same time will give overload warnings (GoDaddy will email you if ...
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Shared Hosting Plans With Cpanel Duplicating Websites On Subdomains

I assume you are using cPanel's Addon domains? These indeed must point to a subdomain. it's a default behavior for shared hosting with Cpanel Yes, it's default behaviour. Do you think Google ...
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Does my hosting provider have an impact on my website loading speed?

Does my hosting provider have an impact on my website loading speed? It can have, but that's probably not the main cause in this instance. Does it need to have the nameservers from my hosting ...
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Mysterious ico files appearing on webserver

EDITED: This is a known php hack. If your server runs Wordpress only, plugins like Wordfence can detect and clean the infected files but if you have other php applications it will take other steps. I ...
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Point multiple domains to single page, with unique button based on source domain

First you need to point all domains to same folder. So any request will end at same script. Its different on own server, and rented hosting. Detect domain from server variables, url on your preferred ...
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Hourly connections to my WordPress site via XMLRPC block my IP on BlueHost because they see many email logins

A little history... SOURCE XML-RPC has been enabled as default since WP version 3.5, with XML-RPC support enabled you can post to your WordPress blog using many popular 3rd party Weblog ...
Simon Hayter's user avatar
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cloudflare free vs ModSecurity on Linux shared hosting

I'd talk to your host about whitelisting certain URLs for ModSecurity. i.e. keep it on, but with modifications. It looks like an OAuth redirect (Google login) triggers the problem you are having. ...
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Hosting company blocks remote access to database. How to deal?

Its difficult to give a good answer without knowing more specifics, but - Remote access to databases is usually disabled because its a security risk with limited upside. In the MySQL world it is ...
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How do I get another of my domains showing in the browser's address bar?

Since all your domains are registered with the same provider as your hosting you would need to add these domains in your cPanel account as either a: "Domain Alias" (formerly "Parked ...
MrWhite's user avatar
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How to configure an e-mail address with external MX Record in HostEurope webhosting?

This problem is due to a quirk in the HostEurope control panel ("KIS"). It happens when you create the domain's MX Record after registering the domain as an external domain in the HostEurope ...
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How to change document root of main domain in cPanel shared host?

For changing the main/primary domain, you will need to have root SSH access and be able to locate and edit the following file (replacing your user & domain info): /var/cpanel/userdata/USERNAME/...
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Hotmail account is not receiving email from web server

I've been through this, you will likely find that the server's IP address has been blacklisted by Microsoft. Does your domain have valid SPF and DKIM records in DNS? If not, that will be what has ...
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