If you are new to the internet, often times things can seem quite overwhelming. People throw around terms like IP Addresses, Nameservers, hosting, ftp, etc.
In this article we are going to cover IP Addresses. You’ll learn exactly what they are and how they apply to search engine optimization (SEO).
IP Address stands for Internet Protocol Address and is currently made up of four “octets” or numbers separated by a period. Each octet can be a number from 0 to 255
Some examples of valid IP addresses are – 1.123.150.243, 35.35.36.10, 240.216.1.80
There is also a new standard for IP addresses that is slowly being launched called IPV6 (IP version 6). IPV6 numbers look quite different from our current IP addresses.
An example of an IPv6 IP address is – 2001:0db8:85a3:08d3:1319:8a2e:0370:7334
You will notice each it is much longer with MANY more possible variations. The new IP system is designed to give us enough IP addresses so that we will not run out of unique IP addresses any time in the foreseeable future.
So why do we need IP addresses? Quite simply, an IP address is like your physical home address. It...