Is where I host my domain a factor in SEO Ranking?
Simon Probert
[ Editor ]
I host my sites in Canada, but they are mainly targetted at the australian market – it does not appear to affect the pagerankings. However “where I host” could mean “where my servers are geographically” or “which hosting services I use” If for example you are on a shared host, one of the other sites may have been blacklisted which could negatively affect your rankings – it depends if the engine bases its ranking just on your domain name or If the ip address has some bearing ( which I believe it does )
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Alvin Brown
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Great point about the shared-hosting environment! What should one do until they are able to support (technically/financially) their own virtual or dedicated server to limit this sort of negative behavior from happening?
Simon Probert
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Well, interesting question – in fact a VPS or virtual private server is quite inexpensive these days – while you still use shared hosting infrastructure with a VPS you get your own dedicated IP address which is the important bit.
