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    Does geographical server location (IP) matter in SEO? or only TLD?

    Hi,
    If I buy a TLD (eg Australian - .com.au) and I host my web site on servers in the USA, will I get a lower SEO rating than if I would host on servers in Australia?

    Thanks

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    Hello,
    i think that geographical location doesnt matter. Its important to have dedicated IP and to be on a server which doesnt have illegal web sites.
    For google.com is .com .net are great solutions. But for google.rs the .rs tld is the best solution.

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    No, you'll not, if you own the regional TLD you'll be listed on the regional search engine results. However, if you only own the .com then you have to be hosted on a local IP in order of being listed on the regional search engine results.
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    if you have the right tdl your fine you can alos use your webmaster tools to tell google, The right geographic link profile helps too.

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    i think that geographical location doesnt matter.
    It does if you want to rank high(er) in google.com.au.

    If I buy a TLD (eg Australian - .com.au) and I host my web site on servers in the USA, will I get a lower SEO rating than if I would host on servers in Australia?
    A site's location is determined via domain name or IP. In your case, it would be marked as Australian, because it is so.

    http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=62399

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    I would say to be safe use a .com.au domain and host it locally there, there's not much of a price difference anyways, unless you're looking for a dedicated server.
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    If you visit SEO forums you will understand that domain name is nothing for SEO. Content is the king and I suppose you need to stop worrying about that at all

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiberForum View Post
    If you visit SEO forums you will understand that domain name is nothing for SEO. Content is the king and I suppose you need to stop worrying about that at all
    The region a site targets is determined by the Domain TLD or for Google the Region setting in the webmaster tools. If you have a .com and you don't have your region set then search engines may use the GEO Location of your IP to determine your region but the best bet is to use a regional TLD and to set the setting in Google Webmaster Tools.

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