Will i lose my rankings if i move server?

I've been thinking of moving my blog site away from Netfirms to a uk based hosted as being on the same time zone as the host is useful. However checking my indexed pages (only about 30) i see that one is ranking position 4 in Google for a 87m result term, another position 11 for a 97m result term and most of the rest in the top 10 for their terms which are between 2m and 20k results.

If i move the domain over will all the rankings drop? or in theory as im after a uk readership will the rankings if anything move up for google.co.uk searches?

thanks

 

nope - I've moved a site with several 2-word keyword SERP rankings in the top 5, over to a new server...no change whatsoever in the weeks or months to follow, after the move was complete.

 

Probably no Especially if you'll move in 24 hours period

 

Copy files to new server.

Change DNS records, wait till propagation and bots crawl.

Pull old site down.

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You might see a bump as nothing is perfect in this world but 99% of the time no loss.

 

Just make sure you keep the same URLs to your pages. If the URLs change you'll have to redirect your old URLs to the new ones if you want to keep any external link juice.

 

Yup, your right changing server will not affect your site just don't change your URL and title it may hurt your site.

 

no you still have your back links even if you change your server, unless if you change your domain that will absolutely lose your back links!

 

thanks for the advice. The site in question is a bit random in that it ranks very well in Google is a pr2 but only seems to have 2 backlinks.

 

What if the server you change to is located in a different country than before?

Edit: I didn't read the OP's question properly, lol

 

Are you sure? You can set your geotargetting in google webmaster tools.

Furthermore, I host in the US and target the UK. It's been easy to reach top places for my keywords wit my SEO

 

If the downtime is kept low- then I think there will be no problem at all. Of-course there is always possibility of country-wise variations.

 

I can confirm that your site will rank higher on google.co.uk if your server has a uk IP. It makes sense for Google to put this on their algo

 

You can geo target via google webmaster tools. No need to change server for that...

 

i moved a server with one of my sites onece and saw a sudden spike in ranking for couple of weeks. then went back to same. made some weet money for 2 weeks, wondering whether i should move again maybe it was just co-incident but the timing would be confusing then

 

Yes you might, try to move as quickly as possible and dont change other key info at the same time e.g. registration details, etc.

 

I dont think so ...you will loose you ranking if you loose some data or links linking to nyour site .