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Effects of Webhosting location on Ranking

by SeanfromVanCity
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just wondering if you think having a webhost in canada is any worst than having a webhost in USA.

I was with hostgator for years, but for my local business switched to a canadian hosting site, but now im done with local business and back to international ranking wondering if i should switch back to HOSTGATOR or Stay with my Canadian host since its already prepaied for a year.

I am targeting people all around the world so i would guess the backlinks IP would matter more than the hosting company, just my guess.


thanks in advance
#effects #location #ranking #webhosting
  • Profile picture of the author TheContentAuthority
    Seanfromvancity,

    Great question here. There are differing viewpoints on this. Some say the geolocation matters, others say it does not. Definitely if you have a country specific TLD, this will affect rankings however having a .com hosted on a server that may be outside the country you are targeting is more murky. To make things more confusing, it is thought that having a website hosted on a VPN or with shared IP address also negatively impacts SEO.

    Perhaps you can find some more answers here,

    Why a Dedicated IP Address is Important

    or here,

    How Web Hosting Affects Your SEO and How To Take Advantage Of It

    Hope those point you in the right direction,

    Shawn
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