Godaddy & SERPs?

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I have a few websites and I almost always use Namecheap, but i have a couple on godaddy. Two unrelated sites in particular I was having a hard time ranking. They were stuck on page 2 & 3 for months even though I've been a throwing a ton of quality links at them. They are moderate-high competition.

yesterday I moved them from godaddy to namecheap and all of a sudden they're ranked #2 and #4 for their main keywords. I did no new backlinking to them over the last 2 weeks.

Coincidence? Both sites?
#search engine optimization #godaddy #serps
  • Interesting theory.

    I don't see why that would matter unless Google is somehow watching GoDaddy sites.

    Would love to hear some more detailed experiences about this because I got all my stuff on GoDaddy...
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    • I forgot to mention that I was using Godaddy's nameservers. On namecheap I used my own. I don't know how that could have made a difference.
  • i think this is more of a coincidence. if it happens again, itd be really interesting and worth invstigating. as of now, it could have just been good timing
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    • hosting providers and or domain registrars should have nothing to do with SEO. Weird.

      I have domains registered on GoDaddy and Namecheap and hosted on numerous hosting companies and have never seen any anything like you describe.
  • Hmm ... interesting ... but probably just random coincidence. I have bought domains using both providers and have had no problems ranking them. IMO - what domain provider / host you use makes almost no difference. The only exception is if you use shared hosting, which can slow your site down. Google don't like slow sites.
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    • I think he is 100 % correct...I have 5 sites that will not move past the top of page 2 no matter what I try...been over 4 months now..I think I'm going to give name cheap a try.
  • Apparently there was some shuffling of the serps a couple days ago, but none of my many sites have much movement from their current positions. So I think i can rule that out. All my sites get slow, steady and quality backlinks so they don't dance much except when moving up.

    I forgot to mention that during the moves from Godaddy, two things happen:

    -the domains go from public to private registration (i read this is bad for seo)
    -the domains got an extra year (i read this is good for seo)

    So was the extended reg. enough to push these to Top 5 rankings?
  • One of the sites that I have sticking on page 2 has a 2 yr reg.
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    • Server locations can effect positioning I read in a google report a couple of months back, but not to the extent you've experienced..weird :S

      Love to hear if this has happened to anyone else.
  • I don't think hosting provider details effect on SEO
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    Godaddy & SERPs?

    I have a few websites and I almost always use Namecheap, but i have a couple on godaddy. Two unrelated sites in particular I was having a hard time ranking. They were stuck on page 2 & 3 for months even though I've been a throwing a ton of quality links at them. They are moderate-high competition. yesterday I moved them from godaddy to namecheap and all of a sudden they're ranked #2 and #4 for their main keywords. I did no new backlinking to them over the last 2 weeks.