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Does change your DNS location works?

by Devilfish168
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my default host is in my local country.

the host cover 3 areas

in USA , Europe and Asia

as my default server location is in asia

wonder it helps to get more US audiences but shifting to USA servers?
#change #dns #location #works
  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by Devilfish168 View Post

    wonder it helps to get more US audiences but shifting to USA servers?
    Here's the answer you're looking for.
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    It's not the most important factor, but it will certainly help. Just the faster response times that Googles' servers receive when hitting your site will probably give you a little bump.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by fpforum View Post

      It's not the most important factor, but it will certainly help. Just the faster response times that Googles' servers receive when hitting your site will probably give you a little bump.
      That makes no sense. If one wants to target the US, and your
      server is in Turkey, then that would be a killer.

      In many cases, the location of your server is the most
      important thing.

      Think not? I dare anyone to host a site in pakistan, russia, china,
      turkey, india, venezuela, iran, syria, libya, ...then try targeting the US.

      Faster response time has nothing to do with the location of a server.

      People need to learn how the internet works. Your website server
      goes through what could be a gazillion networks before getting there.
      The info highway can get pretty clogged. Location of server would
      be moot if one wanted speed as fast as possible.

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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        In many cases, the location of your server is the most
        important thing.

        Think not? I dare anyone to host a site in pakistan, russia, china,
        turkey, india, venezuela, iran, syria, libya, ...then try targeting the US.
        I'm not sure if this hyperbole helps this argument. You're listing some countries that have either poor infrastructure, are located in the most problematic spots on earth for good US connectivity, or are known to meddle with the internet for political reasons. It's more likely that "Europe" would mean something like Amsterdam and "Asia" would mean something like Tokyo, both connected to US with submarine cables.

        India is the only exception where English is a major language. All of the others have their own languages, and that's something that Google tracks. So if you're posting in English, but residing in a country that doesn't really use English they just might draw the obvious conclusion.
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

          I'm not sure if this hyperbole helps this argument. You're listing some countries that have either poor infrastructure, are located in the most problematic spots on earth for good US connectivity, or are known to meddle with the internet for political reasons. It's more likely that "Europe" would mean something like Amsterdam and "Asia" would mean something like Tokyo, both connected to US with submarine cables.

          India is the only exception where English is a major language. All of the others have their own languages, and that's something that Google tracks. So if you're posting in English, but residing in a country that doesn't really use English they just might draw the obvious conclusion.
          I guess you may not be up on things.

          I am talking about spammed, scams, counterfeit, virus-infected, who-gives-a-crap-websites,
          in countries that are notorious for such things.

          Those countries would be first and foremost at the bottom of the heap when it
          comes to google serving up sites to a United States searcher.

          Hence, nobody in their right mind would be hosting a site there to make money
          in the United States, unless it was for illegal activity not even coming up in
          a google search.

          Yes, that includes India. I remember when google changed the rules for
          adsense, specifically for the clowns who are located in India.
          Now ask yourself why.

          It's NOT about infrastructure. And if you did not know that some countries
          are just bad in google's eyes, well, now you do. And if they
          are not bad in google's eyes, your ISP may block them.

          It's not hyperbole, because people just don't know how the internet works.
          Probably a product of WP and cheap domains. Nobody has incentive to
          learn history, technical details, and keep up to date.

          You could be in Dallas hosting a site in Houston. Think that's close?
          Think again. Your server in Houston could be routed to NY, Boston,
          Detroit, then back to Dallas.

          Again, location of a server has nothing to do with speed. Servers get
          clogged, overheated, overtaxed, overwhelmed, and rerouted numerous
          times.

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          • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            Those countries would be first and foremost at the bottom of the heap when it
            comes to google serving up sites to a United States searcher.
            As far as I know Google doesn't just ban or filter entire countries. It would be pretty bad in case a website originating from a filtered country just happened to be the most relevant result.

            Yes, IP address may be a parameter and yes, individual site owners may block those countries for whatever reason. That's not the same thing.

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            Hence, nobody in their right mind would be hosting a site there to make money
            in the United States, unless it was for illegal activity not even coming up in
            a google search.
            You're painting with a brush so broad that it's getting impossible to read what you're actually trying to say. Large parts of the world is just about criminal activity of some sort? Even if that was the case, and it isn't, Google's job would be to operate within that environment.

            Nobody in their right mind would host somewhere else because US has the most competitive hosting market in the world.

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            Yes, that includes India. I remember when google changed the rules for
            adsense, specifically for the clowns who are located in India.
            Now ask yourself why.
            I'm asking myself why'd you change the topic all of a sudden.

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            And if you did not know that some countries
            are just bad in google's eyes, well, now you do.
            I'm giving Google way more credit than you do. Perhaps they can, you know, filter the bad apples from the good ones. They've proven to be pretty good at that.

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            You could be in Dallas hosting a site in Houston. Think that's close?
            Think again. Your server in Houston could be routed to NY, Boston,
            Detroit, then back to Dallas.
            Yeah, routing can be a pain. Completely agree on this one. It's really frustrating to notice that a company that routes your traffic prefers to use a clogged route for cheaper prices or some other reasons.
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