> I was wondering if the scenario of a server based app that lives in a hosted environment, where a single IP can be shared by many web sites.

> As I understand the rate-limit as it stands, every site on the shared host IP, regardless of api key, will be sharing the same rate-limit of 10,000 per site per day.

> I can see two possible ways to remedy this problem, if in fact it does exist:

> -use the referrer authority, if it exists

> -remove the ip from the equation and limit per key

>Thoughts?

[rate-limit per endpoint per IP VS. server apps in hosted environments][1]







  [1]: http://stackapps.com/questions/1135/rate-limit-per-endpoint-per-ip-vs-server-apps-in-hosted-environments