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Does Cloudflare Hurt SEO? Google (and SEOs) Respond


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E783: Everyone freaked out after hearing the "bad neighborhood" test where dedicated IP addresses massively outperformed shared hosting in SEO rankings.

Today, I'm following up with the claim that Cloudflare's shared IP addresses could pose a serious SEO risk.

I break down a shocking case study where a site lost almost all of its rankings overnight after enabling Cloudflare, then recovered when it was disabled. Was it the "bad neighborhood" effect of shared IPs… or just a misconfiguration?

You'll hear Google's official response (via John Mueller) and what the SEO community had to say.

By the end of this episode, you'll know whether you should worry about shared IP addresses, Cloudflare, and their impact on your SEO.

⭐️ The SHOCKING Truth About Shared Hosting & SEO Rankings (Real Experiment Results) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WobMZRSJwQs

⭐️ The SEO bad neighborhood shared hosting experiment (#21) - https://seosherpa.com/seo-experiments/

⭐️ Can Cloudflare Actually Hurt Your Website's SEO? (Case Study) - https://serverguy.com/cloudflare-seo/

⭐️ Google and the SEO community responds - https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1mw0nl7/cloudflare_cdn_uses_shared_ip_address/

💎 Compact Keywords - My SEO Course - Get paying customers through SEO - Clear step-by-step video breakdowns - SEO templates to be copied and adapted for your products and services: https://compactkeywords.com/

00:00 Introduction and Recap 00:11 SEO Experiment Results 01:11 Cloudflare and SEO Concerns 01:47 Case Study: IndiaCarNews 06:23 Official Google Statement and Community Reactions 10:27 Wrapping

The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

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