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[fewcoin]

Say you have 3 sites to host. Is it better to have them all on one host using the addon domain feature or, put them on 3 separate webhosts?

What are the disadvantages of addon domains?

Thanks!
fewcoin

[datums]

Management is alot easier on 1 host. 1 bill, 1 site to monitor.

Instead of 3 logons, 3 bills, 3 servers to monitor, 3 support tech numbers, etc.

[ldcdc]

If you interlink your 3 sites for SEO purposes, it's been said (although not proven AFAIK) that it is better to have your websites on different C class IPs. So hosting them at different hosts could (supposedly) be beneficial.

[gghosting]

From a web host point of view, I would say have three different accounts . From a web user I would just say you should have one account.

[Captian_Spike]

Ya, one account is probally the best. Unless you have really mission critical stuff then you could go three ways ensuring at least 2/3 sites would be up at all times.

From a hosts perspective I would think 1 account would work better as well. My theory is the more a person buys the quicker I can fill a server. And less people per server equals less support time needed per server which equals lower operating costs.