Re: [cobalt-users] IP vs Name Based Hosting

[Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian-

We have been name based hosting for almost three years now and our customers
have always been able to list their sites in the major search engines.

    -Dennis

Brian Curtis wrote:

> OK, I appreciate all the info regarding access to name based sites before
> domain propogation, but my 'main concern' seems to have been missed so far.
>
> Last I knew, the major search engines use HTTP/1.0 spiders.  If you connect
> to port 80 of any name based site and do the standard GET / HTTP/1.0, you
> receive the content of the first site within the listing of name based
> hosts.  This is exactly what the above mentioned spiders will see, not the
> intended content of the name based site.
>
> I'm doing my own research now, but I'd like to hear any and all comments on
> the topic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Curtis
>
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