Do different hosting providers effect page rank? For example, my website isn't much of a hit as far as search engines. I haven't really put in the effort tbh, but now I want to really get traffic to my site As a webdesigner, I have done sites for clients, and take an interest in their search engine rank. Nearly all of my clients signed up with a different hosting company than me. They have all enjoyed more success than me. So was I just good with the keywords, validation, etc. Is it because they are using a different domain provider? Or is it because they are with a more effective hosting company? If different hosting companys do get you better results, could you give me a recommendation? I am on this kind of hosting: http://www.freevirtualservers.com/medium_hosting.html Is their a better alternative (in terms of SEO) for a similar cost? Cheers
As far I know hosting doesn't matter to PageRank. However, if the same server hosts any site which has been banned by Google for Adsense fraudulence or illegal contents your site may also be affected as the host IP is same.
I heard it on another forums that geographical location of the server plays a role determining your sites location and serving area. I personally don't find it valid. I would rather focus more on marketing, SEO and such.
YES it does matter, but depends on how far you want to take it. For 99 % of SEO it DOES NOT matter though. Just build your site where you want, but remember to backup! Technically there is an advatage to hosting close to your target audience, but this is less so than say a year ago. In webmaster tools on G you can supply your location. If G can serve adwors locally then you can rank locally and no doubt they will favour isolated hosts or dedicated or those with say 20 websites oppose to 4000. Shows you are serious. Personally I don't bother. Yet.
No, they do not. PageRank is all about the number and quality of links pointing back to your Web pages (note I said pages, not site). So start promoting it. But before you do, I'd audit the site for any changes that could be made internally such as semantics, structure, Web copy and so forth. Again, the hosting provider has no real impact on SERPs. There is one exception to this, which I will get to when I reply to another member's post here. Nope and nope. Chances are they just took the time to promote their sites. That only comes into play when someone is conducting a country specific search. For example, if I'm in Timbuktu and I'm looking for a doctor from Timbuktu, if your site is about doctors in Timbuktu and has the country-specific TLD and/or is hosted on a server in Timbuktu, then your site will probably show up higher in the SERPs when conducting a local search.
Yeah, that's about the only thing to worry about. If your site is down too often Google will deindex your pages.
Since you mentioned domain providers (assuming you mean registrars): While the registrar itself doesn't matter, the length of a domain registration can. It's a little controversial topic, but most will probably agree that a domain registered for 10 years will gain trust and better rankings easier than one only registered for a year. It doesn't mean better rankings automatically, but assuming all other ranking factors are the same, it will definitely give you a slight advantage.
Really won't make much of a difference if that domain has been registered for ten years but has only had a site associated with it for a week.
dedicated ip may help too... and now a day, almost HP have above 99% server uptime, then don't worry about it!
I do know that having IP address changes of over 10 times within a year does somehow affect SERPs. Had a client whose web hosting company changes server ip every other months due to stability and seen their website drops in ranking.
erm... i am answering to his question whether hosting providers affect SERPs... I know there are plenty of factors that might affect SERPs...but a million? i doubt so...
Hosting providers do not affect SERP's unless: * Downtime occur too often -- as mentioned above * IP address is associated with a banned site/server -- as mentioned above * Hosting provider blocks Googlebot (or bots) for any reason * Hosting provider is a free host and the domain is a subdomain such as site.geocities.com * I think hosting providers geographical (IP) location will effect results based on geographical location -- such as a .ca site will not rank as well in Google.ca if the hosting provider for the .ca site is based in Japan and the source IP address reflects this -- I could be wrong, but it is my belief that this holds some (maybe small) weight