How do you find out which other web sites or domains are hosted on a web server that hosts the site xyz.com ?
In theory, all web servers (which are nothing but computers running software to serve web pages) are assigned unique IP addresses on the Internet. If a web server is hosting a website, the IP address of that site will be the same as that of the server. And if multiple domains are hosted on that web server, they will all have the same IP address which will again be same as that of the web server.
So here’s the trick – if you know the web address (or domain name), you first need to find the IP address of the web server that is hosting that site. Then use something called “Reverse IP” to find all the other websites that share that IP address.
Finds Websites Located on the Same Web Server
To find the IP address of any website, open the command prompt on your computer (Start -> Run -> cmd) and type ping <www.web-address.com>. The output will contain the IP address of that website – copy that number to your clipboard.
Now go to bing.com, type ip:<IP Address> in the search box and there you have a big list of all .com, .net, .in and other domains that may be hosted on the same server that is hosting xyz.com.
You should type the ip: keyword, followed by the IP address of the website and there are no spaces anywhere.
For instance, the ping command suggests that the IP address of the web server hosting popurls.com is 92.51.132.180 and Bing shows a full list of sites that may be part of the popurls network.
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Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/domains-hosted-on-web-server/9424/
Reader Comments
Such a feature was in Microsoft Live Search itself. This is not a new update in bing.
Written by BlogrPro.Com on 08.17.09
Thanks for the information. I searched the IP for link (ip:66.102.7.191), but only 268,000 results. Surely their should be more?
Written by Michael on 08.17.09
what a find ? :)
Great
now all the webmasters secrets get exposed :D
Written by Vasu on 08.17.09
wow..10,700 sites along with mine..I never knew Shared hosting would mean so many!
Written by Anand on 08.18.09
Info is good! Try link whose ip is 12.29.100.148. but I can see home3.americanexpress.com which is not in that web server, for sure!
Written by Amos on 08.18.09
Thats really cool.
Written by Ndowora Vincent on 08.18.09
Cool…I tried ip:87.248.113.14 it returns with a whole list of sites which has a different domain name but linked to yahoo sites…phishing?
Written by Zaizou on 08.18.09
You are using CC video in this article with ads. You know its prohibited.
Written by Manish on 08.20.09