What impact does server location have on rankings?

chempranav on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



my server is in US …
my server is in US but my content is India oriented…
my site is not listed in when I search for “India page only”

can I find solution for this?
thanks

larssonk22 on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



Rob from reading …
Rob from reading the other viewers comments you may need to talk a little bit more about this issue. Some people pick servers on pricing aswell, sometimes cheaper to buy outside your own country.

marawan009 on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



i totally agree , i …
i totally agree , i can understand that google search shows different results depending on where u r searching from but having page ranking depending on where the server is located is not so relevant!

mrcakey on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



Always suspected …
Always suspected this. Sadly the answer is not good for me – my server’s in Germany (1&1) and site is in England. I rank well enough anyway, but it’s interesting to note I might be ranking better if I went with a local server.

madmad5000 on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



me descover fire …
me descover fire
Very useful Thanks!

tattoos01 on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



I have a site and …
I have a site and have sub directories for each language.
EG
/.. (English)
/ge/.. (Deutsch)
/fr/.. (Français)
/jp/.. (Japanese)

I decided to go with a host in the US because of reputation and price, not because I wanted to target that particular Country.
I’m unsure how much weight is given to the IP in the ranking, as my site gets 47.94% traffic from Japan, and 9.69% from the US.
I guess more emphasis is placed on the language of the text rather than IP.

Thanks for clearing this up
Cheers.

alexmoba on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



I agree, I live in …
I agree, I live in Costa Rica and my server is in the USA, however I blog in Spanish

Conceptskatemedia on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



really good point!
really good point!

Winger4u on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 9:56 am 



Clear answer but …
Clear answer but please Google keep in mind there are people that are targeting for example Germany and have a server of blog etc. running in the United States or another country combination… Server location does not say a lot really.. Thanks for answer though…

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