German site, .de domain, but non-german IP. Is it bad for ranking in google.de?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by freedom2005, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello!

    The site is in German, it is published on .de domain, but it's IP is outsite of Germany (in Holland, for example). Will it be bad for positions of this site in Google.de, Yahoo.de, etc.?

    For example, I have several versions of my project in different languages and I want them to be on one physical server. It's too expensive to rent another server for another project.
    That's why I hope, it's not fatal to have a foreign IP, but I want to be sure, before I rent a server.

    Thanks in advance for any useful ideas and advice.
     
    freedom2005, Nov 11, 2007 IP
  2. astup1didiot

    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    I would think if it ended in the *.de it would be fine. If the site is in german I'm sure Googlebot will be able to tell its related to the German demographic, I would stress to much on the IP address.
     
    astup1didiot, Nov 11, 2007 IP
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    Ideally you should use a German IP, I wouldn't worry about it too much though.
     
    klown, Nov 11, 2007 IP