What all is affected when you move your site to a new host?

[ChadsMach1]

Lets say for example, I have a PR5 site, with lots of indexed content. My traffic begins to outgrow my current host. I find a new suitable host (maybe a dedicated server) and I move my site and change my DNS. Will my PR go down due to the move? Will I drop out of rankings possibly for my keywords? Lets assume that nothing changed except the DNS and IP of my new host.

I am just curious about adverse affects of changing hosts, with relation to things such as PR, SEO and indexed contact. Are things like indexed content/PR/SEO all tied to the domain, or the IP? (Or something different).

I want to start a site out on a budget plan (such as the Deluxe Godaddy Plan). If the site becomes a hit, and I outgrow those resources, I want to know how much of a impact it will have on a transition over to something like a dedicated server (when all that changed for my domain is the DNS records and the new physical host).

[whitebark]

You have nothing to worry about. Unless you move to an IP riddled with spam generating websites.

[ecafe]

Originally Posted by ChadsMach1

I am just curious about adverse affects of changing hosts, with relation to things such as PR, SEO and indexed contact. Are things like indexed content/PR/SEO all tied to the domain, or the IP? (Or something different).

All indexed content SEO related is tied in to the domain name or, better said, url, so unless you use the ip in the url then you should be good to go. However, I would make sure that the Blacklist status is clear for the new ip or you might have problems with email delivery or worse in the future.

[riley]

Everything that has been said is correct. I would add to *not* change any of your site structure. Keep all of the file names identical to what you have now.

[jdk]

When you get the Godaddy hosting make sure to get the cPanel plan to make it easier if you decide to upgrade to a dedicated server in the future.

If you want another good host better than Godaddy feel free to PM me

[MDSandB]

Just make sure the new IP address is not black listed and there shouldn't be any damage.

[dcristo]

changing hosts won't be a problem, just ensure the downtime is minimized

[accent]

I moved several websites to a new host. If anything the traffic increased. I did notice that there was still traffic being recorded at the old host for the two weeks after I changed nameservers before the plug was pulled on the old. Quite a lot at first, still a little in two weeks. Propagation in the system and user's cache I believe.

Leaving both sites up can generate results that are composed of parts from both servers, not a problem if they are identical.