Targeting google.co.uk

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    I am only targeting UK audiences with my website. It is a .co.uk domain, but does it matter if the website is also hosted in the UK too?
     
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  2. Nigel Lew

    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    Conventional wisdom suggests it helps. I am working on a sweet soccer blog but the host was a real mess. I made the client keep it in the UK just for good measure. Targeting it to the UK in webmaster tools helps as well but by default or given you have a .co.uk it should target the UK. Much like .com is essentially the US for instance.

    For what its worth he went with http://www.eukhost.com/ so far so good.

    Hope that helps, I see no real point in hosting it elsewhere really.

    Nigel
     
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  3. Kumail

    Kumail Peon

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    Hosted in the same targeted audience country might helps in many cases. But Search Engines don't give much priority to this point. Make a good plan and do good SEO and you will beat your competitors.
     
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  4. Yo-Yo32

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    Thanks guys. I have a HostGator account so I was just wondering whether it would be okay to continue using that. Sounds like it might be okay to.
     
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  5. Kumail

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    Yea, HostGator is good.
     
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  6. WishBone

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    Being hosted on UK might give you a plus but it doesn't guarantee. Your nature of content, as well as the manner how you build links for your site like emphasizing contact number and address could give big impact too.
     
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    If you host your site in uk too it will be easier to rank your site in uk, and will be easier to browse in uk too
     
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  8. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    You will get good UK SERPs using USA hosting because you have a .co.uk if thats what you are asking.


    Price of hosting, comes to mind. I have no idea how much UK hosting is though. If its anything like AU hosting its expensive compared to US hosting.
     
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  9. C.Rebecca

    C.Rebecca Active Member

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    If your website is hosted in UK, that will be an added advantage because server location affect your SERP ranking in geo targeting.
     
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    Hello,
    Google are in many countries like UK, NZ,BR etc. so, there is a one database of google.com. so add url in google.com will give your link visible in various countries like google.co.uk, google.co.br etc.
     
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  11. 88dbsakthi

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    yes location of the server also counts .The server hosting location defines the region which the site it belongs
     
    88dbsakthi, Jul 29, 2011 IP