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hosting - does it matter in SEO ?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by petersonpol, Jul 18, 2010.

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    I was wondering.... If I have a website for UK market and .info domain should I use hosting from the UK? or it doesn't matter for SEO ?

    I want to have good rankings in the UK only.

    Appreciate any info from you guys.
     
    petersonpol, Jul 18, 2010 IP
  2. Giamatti

    Giamatti Well-Known Member

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    it doesnt really mather, aslong as your seo campaign is targeted to UK its all good.
     
    Giamatti, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    Monti Active Member

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    it doesnt mather
     
    Monti, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    What the other 2 posters have said isn't strictly true. In the absence of any other clues as to where your proper geo-targeting is, location of hosting can be a factor. Those other clues would be country specific tld, and backlinks from country specific tlds. As you don't have a geo-targeted tld, you should register with WebMaster tools, and set it to the U.K. there
     
    magda, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    flanagan Banned

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    not really. but your hosting site should be fast
     
    flanagan, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    fotocewek Peon

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    Ya, i agree with you, some good host is will give you best feedback also
     
    fotocewek, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    freeseoguide Guest

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    Correct answer!

    Yes, you can optimize your website for any other market from wherever you want but it is easier if you have maket specific hosting and links.

    It's quite logical, if 99% of your links are coming from websites form UK, then your market is probably in the UK and you'll have good positions for that geo-location.

    And it's really important because google is giving more and more importance to personalized and geo searches.

    So, hosting is one factor that have influence on that. Of course, you can do even without geo-targeted hosting but it's better to find a provider near you.
     
    freeseoguide, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    rahulamaze Active Member

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    Hi,

    Really It doesn't meter, you can get the hosting anywhere in the world, but the plzz get your website a fresh and unique content because google did'nt give value the PR of the site, google always give value the website content.

    And if you have the requirement for content writing or SEO service please let me know. I really happy to help you.

    amazeseoservices.com
     
    rahulamaze, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    freeseoguide Guest

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    rahumalaze, do you post just to make another post, or to introduce yourself and your services or have something useful to add to this conversation ?
     
    freeseoguide, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    homeworker11 Banned

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    Better go to BST section if you want to promote yourself ;)
     
    homeworker11, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    Monti Active Member

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    If domain will be UK you don't need to set in webmasters tools region.
     
    Monti, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    where your site get hosted can make all the difference in the world. if you are in an extremely competitive niche and tried everything else but still need a little extra help in geo targeting, getting your site hosted on an UK based server will HELP.

    first, since you have an info domain but targeting UK visitors, you set your targeted geo as UK within google webmaster tool. get as many backlinks as you can from UK sites or sites running on UK IP. next will be UK hosting which is an important factor in geo targeting
     
    sultanofseo, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    He said in the first post that it's not a country specific tld. That's the whole point of the thread.
     
    magda, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    YugoSlavac Well-Known Member

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    SEO and hosting don't have anything in common. you could be hosting in china and you could still rank high for a US site.
     
    YugoSlavac, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    From what I read here it seems that it doesn't matter. Wait let me see. Your url does start with "www" right. That stands for World Wide Web. If you want to gear your site toward the UK then pay attention to what is trending there and optimize for it. Hope it helps.
     
    gvannorman, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    themyspacebank.com Peon

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    No I don't think it matters although some people swear it does.
     
    themyspacebank.com, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    Do alt tags have influence ? Yes? Remove one of the keyword rich alt tag from your page and you will not see position change... Why? Because it is only one of more than 500 factors.

    Remove 50 of that kind of factors and you'll have to find yourself on the 3. page of google.

    SEO is combined from details and one of that details is hosting. Also, with this personalized search we can expect that google will give more importance on geo-locations than before.

    A year ago, hosting speed had no influence, today it is one of the ranking factors...

    Even if hosting is not important you should always try to optimize the best you can.
     
    freeseoguide, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    It can only matter because the speed and efficiency of your website matter towards the success! for better SEO practice your web hosting should possess this reliable features to rank better! moreover sometimes due to malware infected websites Google stops user to visit websites which search engine marks as harmful for your computer
     
    jezzz, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    Hosting won't bother much but its good to get .uk extention for your domain.
     
    greenwoodhigh, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    Hey Freeseoguide,

    I'll actually do everything, i do post's as well as introduce myself and my services. And whenever i have any useful info i'll add in the posting's.
     
    rahulamaze, Jul 18, 2010 IP