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Moving Hosts = Hurt Google Rankings?

by AshtonPereira
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Hi guys,

Quick question for anyone with the required knowledge.
If I do move my sites from one host to another (Bluehost to Justhost), will my rankings in Google get hurt? Especially since it will be hosted on a different IP/server?

Cheers,
Ashton
#google #hosts #hurt #moving #rankings
  • Profile picture of the author ibs
    Originally Posted by n0thsa View Post

    Hi guys,

    Quick question for anyone with the required knowledge.
    If I do move my sites from one host to another (Bluehost to Justhost), will my rankings in Google get hurt? Especially since it will be hosted on a different IP/server?

    Cheers,
    Ashton
    I dont think it would as i've moved host befor and it didn't affect my rankings in google, yahoo and bing
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      I wouldn't expect much effect as long as there is no significant down time, ideally you have both servers functioning as the name server is switched.

      One minor consideration, Google does use the host IP as a geo location factor, changing host state or country might effect some local results.
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      • Profile picture of the author ibs
        Originally Posted by webapex View Post

        I wouldn't expect much effect as long as there is no significant down time, ideally you have both servers functioning as the name server is switched.

        One minor consideration, Google does use the host IP as a geo location factor, changing host state or country might effect some local results.
        Yes thats true but to be honest it didn't affect me maybe if it takes 6 hours or more then it might affect you but when i change my host my site was dow for 25 minutes
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