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[laaki]

Do you look at the physical location of a web server?

[~ServerPoint~]

Are you talking of the office location or what. I feel that question is not quite complete here.

[Dedicational]

I'm assuming he means the physical location of the webhost's servers. (Aka in the same country or hosted in a foreign country.)

[laaki]

Originally Posted by Dedicational

I'm assuming he means the physical location of the webhost's servers. (Aka in the same country or hosted in a foreign country.)

Yes - thats what i meant. IP address of a server can be mapped into a particular region. Do you look at this info when you purchase hosting?

[~ServerPoint~]

I'm assuming he means the physical location of the webhost's servers. (Aka in the same country or hosted in a foreign country.)

I think that this is big question and can generate more then 2 pages discussion here.
Some web hosting companies (big ones) rent rack space in different DC and the DCs they have servers on change time by time.
Office location - other question (because it can be virtual one)
Support - it can be located iven in the third place (India etc) and you will never know about that.

[PCS-Chris]

Since I am based in the UK I always look for solutions inside europe, the lower latency does make a noticable distance in loading times; say in comparison to a server hosted in the US.

Another factor really is where most of your target visitors will be located.

[mrbister]

I bet most people voting in here will vote for Yes.

[laaki]

Originally Posted by mrbister

I bet most people voting in here will vote for Yes.

Not sure about that. I myself was unware of this when i set up my first site with asmallorange. I just went for a low priced host

[uberhostNET]

Originally Posted by Chris E

Another factor really is where most of your target visitors will be located.

That's right, many resellers seek out hosts in the geographic location closest to their prospective (or current) customers.

[boonchuan]

For me a definite yes, though Singapore is a small country, 40 km end to end, it is still better to have the datacenter as near to you as possible in case of emergencies.

[ldcdc]

I don't think that the hosting location is an issue for the vast majority of websites out there. I live in Europe and never did I feel like going "Boy, this site must be hosted very far from here!".

Now, if the audience I target with a given site would be from a certain relatively narrow area, hosting near that location would be a thought I would entertain. The costs differential to other markets would be taken into account though, if we're taking about getting higher end hosting solutions. Otherwise, an extra ~$10 for a shared hosting account should not be that much of an issue.

[Ultima VPS]

Physical location is the most important aspect when chosing a web host. You should always try to get your server as close to your market as possible for both latency and SEO considerations.

[Energizer Bunny]

Originally Posted by Ultima Hosts

Physical location is the most important aspect when chosing a web host. You should always try to get your server as close to your market as possible for both latency and SEO considerations.

First time i heard that location can affect SEO working hmm.. Can you explain how it works ? Does google bot not like ips from india, england or uk ?

[markjut]

I will always look where they are country wise and datacenter wise just to make sure that the servers are in a decent datacenter with the appropriate equipment

[mrmoko]

yes, i do!