.com.au

if a .com.au (Australia) domain is hosted on an American server (hostgator) will it be indexed for Google in Australia (google.com.au) ??

 

mm interesting question, I have seen people looking for Australian servers so it can be found on google.com.au but not sure if it still gets indexed on .com.au if the servers are american, looking forward to an answer aswell. Rep for the great question

 

so i guess no one knows??

 

If you do find out then please let me know, thanks

 

It will better indexed in google.com.au as domain extension is the main factor for local google.

 

Oh cool thanks for that because I actually run a hosting service which servers located in America but someone who has a .com.au domain gets a lot of traffic from Google.com.au and don't want to switch if it will result in losing traffic from there, thanks

 

thx +rep!!

 

I'm saying probably, as I bet that over half the .com.au domains are hosted in the US due to ridiculous hosting charges in Australia (damn telstra). Maybe overseas sites hosted in Australia are also included, as I see a few .com's in with Aussie results

 

I just did a quick search at both google.com and google.com.au for one of my clients .com.au domain names - Just 1 simple search on the .com and it turned up 7th in the SERPS but the .com.au came in at #2

A 2nd search was less valid - it came in at #1 in both tests.

I don't think it matters - just do your SEO correctly and it will get indexed.

I certainly would not be putting any of my AU domains on Au servers, I just ain't rich enough - just consider that a 1G/15gig hosting account on an au servr costs in the order of $50 a month it just doesn't make economical sense to me when you can spend less than $5 to get that on a US based server.

 

thx guys - youve all been really helpful

 

Same here, your responses were very helpful and have answered by question

 

A late reply.

I have many .com.au websites hosted on eu and us servers and have no problems with indexing.

I agree the rates in OZ are ridiculous and sooner Telstra is out the door the better. They way they going and with new technology coming, they will diminish as a force here in OZ before long.

 

LOL...Think again!! They will be here for as long as there is a need for Telco's.
Telstra's new direction coming shortly will completely blow their competitors away. All because of the recent shift in ownership percentage. In other words, watch this space!!

How do I know this?? I used to work for them and a little birdy told me some things about what's coming.

Col

 

Yeah I agree telstra suck.

Look at there fees:
.com, .net, .org, .biz, .info
Length:2 years
Registration Fee: $85.00
Management Fee: $12.50 per month

Works out to $117.50 for a year for a .info
When I can get it for $1.21 at Godaddy, thats a saving of $116.29!!!

 

Yes it will.

I have sexythings.com.au.

When I first launched it years ago I had a PR of 1 after only a few weeks. Site was reborn a few times and is now back up and running. My PR is 0 again, but it will be back.

 

Is that got to do with all the Next G stuff?

Want to let me or us in on what the little birdy said?

 

Let's just say that twisted pair wiring now has a short life expectancy

Col