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11 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Tovey

As a test, I signed up to HostGator on a free trial and the speed is just so much better, problem is, it's in the USA which is not great for SEO.

Says who? The "guru's"? It's fine.

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Weblover50

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

Says who? The "guru's"? It's fine.

Please don't try to give expert advice if you have no clue about what you are talking about. A site hosted in UK will definitely do better in google.co.uk and that is well known SEO fact. Not just the Gurus, anybody with basic idea of SEO will advice the same. If you don't believe me, hear it directly from Matt Cutts:
International SEO: does your IP address matter? | @aseohosting

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Weblover50

Please don't try to give expert advice if you have no clue about what you are talking about. A site hosted in UK will definitely do better in google.co.uk and that is well known SEO fact. Not just the Gurus, anybody with basic idea of SEO will advice the same. If you don't believe me, hear it directly from Matt Cutts:
International SEO: does your IP address matter? | @aseohosting

Lol, you refer an article from an SEO host?!

Please tell me more about the hundreds of thousands of customers that use US hosts and have websites that cater to other countries...

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cpkc

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

Lol, you refer an article from an SEO host?!

Please tell me more about the hundreds of thousands of customers that use US hosts and have websites that cater to other countries...

If you actually click the link you will see Matt Cutts himself say it in a video.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by cpkc

If you actually click the link you will see Matt Cutts himself say it in a video.

Which is open for interpretation. If the site is relevant to what's being searched for, the location of the site itself is irrelevant.

Google "house painter in uk" - found southlondonpainters.co.uk which is hosted with HostPapa in Ontario Canada. Shows up first page when searching for relevant information.

Stop trying so hard for "seo" and focus on providing quality things people are searching for...life would be much easier.

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cpkc

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

Which is open for interpretation. If the site is relevant to what's being searched for, the location of the site itself is irrelevant.

Google "house painter in uk" - found southlondonpainters.co.uk which is hosted with HostPapa in Ontario Canada. Shows up first page when searching for relevant information.

Stop trying so hard for "seo" and focus on providing quality things people are searching for...life would be much easier.

We'll have to agree to disagree when it comes to the interpretation then, which is fair enough.
On the site you've pointed out, yes it ranks on the first page but I wasn't suggest you couldn't rank a site unless you were hosted in the country, just that from my interpretation of what G says is that it helps a bit.

Who is to say that if it were hosted in the UK it wouldn't be a spot or 2 higher on the first page? Maybe, maybe not it depends on the strength of the other sites.

On your last point I have no idea what you're on about. You don't know anything about me other than I interpreted a video in a different way than you, but that means you know my entire business & practices & are fit to pass judgement on them. **** off.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by cpkc

We'll have to agree to disagree when it comes to the interpretation then, which is fair enough.
On the site you've pointed out, yes it ranks on the first page but I wasn't suggest you couldn't rank a site unless you were hosted in the country, just that from my interpretation of what G says is that it helps a bit.

Who is to say that if it were hosted in the UK it wouldn't be a spot or 2 higher on the first page? Maybe, maybe not it depends on the strength of the other sites.

On your last point I have no idea what you're on about. You don't know anything about me other than I interpreted a video in a different way than you, but that means you know my entire business & practices & are fit to pass judgement on them. **** off.

Why so upset that someone else doesn't feed into what "you" say? I just merely stated what I "found" by searching a term on Google.co.uk, found a perfectly relevant site that just so happened to be host half way across the world, not locally. So, what I gather from your first response, is just because "Matt Cutts" says it, that's it?

No matter what Mattie Cutts says or wants you to believe, the physical location is irrelevant, as I just showed.

On the link:

International SEO does absolutely hinge on local IP address allocations, however. - See more at: http://www.**********blog/2011/09/in....9h9H0964.dpuf

Well, apparently the **** not since the server it's hosted on is over 600 miles away from the place the service is being marketed in.

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

HeartInternet is a good UK host, widely recommended here, and has won some industry awards, and so on.

I have a predominantly UK niche site. I originally hosted it at Hostgator, but this turned out to be a mistake. Moving it to UK hosting (which I did a long time ago, now) quickly made a big and positive difference to my rankings on Google.co.uk.

For anyone who has 90 seconds to spare, this is what Matt Cutts says about it (and from my own personal experience, he seems to be right. I've seen other Warriors saying the same, too, in similar discussions, from their own experiences of this fairly-well-known situation).

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StuartMcMinigal

11 years ago

I've been using Wordpress and Hostgator for years and not seen any issues.

I used to have hosting in the UK with Krystal UK and decided to move away from them and put them on my hostgator hosting as it was working out better for money, easier to manage, better CP and help as well as offering quicker sites.

I'd go with hostgator over 123 reg for sure.

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TLondon

11 years ago

123 is for old timers; it's horrible and outdated. Leave now!

I'm working the UK market, and my website is hosted on the US servers. No problem whatsoever.

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Doubleup

11 years ago

If you prefer UK hosting, take a look into either vidahost or tsohost

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zcrafts

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Tovey

Hello,

I'm currently with 123 Reg for hosting, my WordPress website takes FOREVER to do absolutely anything. Fastest loading speed i've ever had was 5 seconds and using the WP admin panel is impossible. They also have a 30 second PHP timeout meaning that simply posting a page is impossible.

As a test, I signed up to HostGator on a free trial and the speed is just so much better, problem is, it's in the USA which is not great for SEO.

I would prefer a UK based Host that can handle a WordPress website.

Note: My website currently has 4 low spec plugins that cause no issue at all on a Hostgator hosting package but kill a 123 Reg host.

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cpkc

11 years ago

I going to give you the benefit of the doubt & guess you skim read.

In response to the Local Vs International hosting I said this:
"We'll have to agree to disagree when it comes to the interpretation then, which is fair enough.
On the site you've pointed out, yes it ranks on the first page but I wasn't suggest you couldn't rank a site unless you were hosted in the country, just that from my interpretation of what G says is that it helps a bit.
Who is to say that if it were hosted in the UK it wouldn't be a spot or 2 higher on the first page? Maybe, maybe not it depends on the strength of the other sites."

I am not upset about that at all, we disagree fair enough no problem. I was just saying your example is not definitive proof. You still may be right, it's open to interpretation as I think we have both said.

In response to this: "Stop trying so hard for "seo" and focus on providing quality things people are searching for...life would be much easier"
I said: You don't know anything about me other than I interpreted a video in a different way than you, but that means you know my entire business & practices & are fit to pass judgement on them. **** off.

Fairly clear I think.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by cpkc

I going to give you the benefit of the doubt & guess you skim read.

In response to the Local Vs International hosting I said this:
"We'll have to agree to disagree when it comes to the interpretation then, which is fair enough.
On the site you've pointed out, yes it ranks on the first page but I wasn't suggest you couldn't rank a site unless you were hosted in the country, just that from my interpretation of what G says is that it helps a bit.
Who is to say that if it were hosted in the UK it wouldn't be a spot or 2 higher on the first page? Maybe, maybe not it depends on the strength of the other sites."

I am not upset about that at all, we disagree fair enough no problem. I was just saying your example is not definitive proof. You still may be right, it's open to interpretation as I think we have both said.

In response to this: "Stop trying so hard for "seo" and focus on providing quality things people are searching for...life would be much easier"
I said: You don't know anything about me other than I interpreted a video in a different way than you, but that means you know my entire business & practices & are fit to pass judgement on them. **** off.

Fairly clear I think.

Ok, you win. Shit, if they host the website in their office, it would probably be the very first link! So much regurgitated garbage on this forum anymore. Find yourself a decent web host and focus on the site itself.

EDIT: Also, my comment regarding trying too hard was not directed at you, it was moreso a general statement.

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cpkc

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

Ok, you win. Shit, if they host the website in their office, it would probably be the very first link! So much regurgitated garbage on this forum anymore. Find yourself a decent web host and focus on the site itself.

EDIT: Also, my comment regarding trying too hard was not directed at you, it was moreso a general statement.

You really can't read can you. I said if it helps it only helps a bit. No where did I state I thought this was a major factor for ranking. My only point is all things being equal between two sites, the hosting location could make a difference in the SERPS. This is my interpretation from the video posted earlier in the thread.

As I said earlier we can agree to disagree but you don't seem to be able to do that, you just add a stupid example that no one with half a brain would actually believe & present that as my argument. So I guess you win then.

Respond if you wish but I will not respond again, I can't be bothered debating anything with someone who can't/won't read what I write.

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jazztraveller 11 years ago

Hi

Another vote for Vidahost as an excellent UK host.

Also in several years of my own experience, I can confirm that for me, ranking on google UK is much easier with a UK host.

I have tested this using .co.uk domains in both US and UK, with the same keywords, and the US hosted don't rank.

I might be the exception, but that's my experience

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alistair

11 years ago

I use Web Hosting UK - Leader in Web Hosting & Domains who I'd recommend from my own experience.

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kpmedia

11 years ago

You don't need to host it in the UK.
- Google Webmaster Tools needs to be set if NOT a .co.uk (or other UK) domain
- If a UK domain, it doesn't matter. It defaults to that location.

Where you host it means nothing. The speed of that host to UK, however, might matter.
So you can just as easily pick a host in Germany or Amsterdam ... it's fine.
If USA, make sure it's in NC, NJ or NY (east coast) for faster speeds.

A good UK host is Dataflame.
A good Amsterdam host is either Stablehost or EuroVPS.

Kingfish was NOT wrong, FYI. What I just said is exactly what Matt Cutts said (ie Google Webmaster Tools)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...zr3eWK8I#at=48

What's more, many IPs are SWIP'd to other geographies, because that info is based on office location of the host, not geography. I've had servers in Dallas to GeoIP to Ireland. One of my servers is sometimes incorrectly ID'd as Middle East, but it's in Amsterdam.

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Vilvop 11 years ago

Think of using hosting services from readymakers.com.
They are able to satisfy the needs of the webmaster. And they have active and helpful support.
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