{"id":1095,"date":"2015-10-09T10:07:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2018-07-09T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T17:59:15","slug":"dedicated-servers-give-you-your-own-ip-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/2015\/10\/dedicated-servers-give-you-your-own-ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated Servers Give You Your Own IP Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>There are a number of reasons you should get your own server, especially if you have a website for your company. One reason a lot of people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk about is that it comes with your own IP address. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so important.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>It Protects Your Reputation<\/h2>\n<p>The main reason people often want a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/dedicated\">dedicated server<\/a> is that they want their own resources all to themselves. When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re sharing a server, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re also sharing disk space. This means that one of your \u00e2\u20ac\u0153neighbors\u00e2\u20ac\u009d could actually cause your site to work slowly by drawing from your supply.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another important way that other company could be hurting you. By sharing an IP address with them, your online reputation might be taking a hit. People have actually found that their company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s email service gets shut down because of spamming someone else was doing with their shared IP address.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a risk you want to take with your company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future. With your own IP address, no outsider can have this kind of effect on your operations.<\/p>\n<h2>Better Security<\/h2>\n<p>It should go without saying that every company wants the best possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/hardware-firewall\">security<\/a> for their website. Otherwise, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only a matter of time before a hacker realizes how vulnerable you are.<\/p>\n<p>This is yet one more reason it makes sense to pay for a dedicated IP address. You especially want to invest in this matter if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re running an e-commerce site. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because your own IP address and an SSL certificate are vital for protecting customer data. Many would argue this is the case even if you decide to use a third-party platform to handle payments. Why take unnecessary risks?<\/p>\n<p>Also, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth pointing out that if you try using multiple SSL certificates with a shared server, you may run into trouble. The older versions of many browsers will give you messages about untrustworthy connections, something no site wants to tell visitors about.<\/p>\n<h2>Some Scripts Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Work Without One<\/h2>\n<p>If you want a custom site, eventually, this will mean finding scripts and applications to help get the performance you have in mind. Unfortunately, many people find that the option they want for their company is unavailable because they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have their own IP address. Get a dedicated IP address and no script or application will be off limits to you.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s become clear that a dedicated IP address, which you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get with a dedicated server, is definitely worth the money. For more reasons to love dedicated servers, call us today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\">ServerPronto<\/a> offers the best affordable and secure hosting service in all dedicated server packages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p class=\"kb-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.namecheap.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/article.aspx\/9260\/22\/why-is-it-beneficial-to-have-a-dedicated-ip-address\">Why is it beneficial to have a dedicated IP address?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Flickr \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jemimus\/\">Robert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of reasons you should get your own server, especially if you have a website for your company. One reason a lot of people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk about is that it comes with your own IP address. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,10,9,7],"tags":[123,17,112,144,22,39,18],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","category-dedicated-server-2","category-dedicated-server-basics","category-dedicated-server-security","category-getting-started-with-dedicated-servers","tag-cloud","tag-dedicated-server","tag-hosting","tag-ip-address","tag-server","tag-serverpronto","tag-web-hosting","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/2354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serverpronto.com\/spu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}