Moving website hosting from US to UK - any effect on SERPs

[Kinderpods]

Hi

I have found out that my .com website is hosted in the US - having looked into this I understand that this can have a negative effect on Google UK search results.

I can get the hosting moved to a UK server but before I do I would be interested to know in what effects I might see in Google SERPs, Crawl etc in both the short term and long term. We are having a bit of a tidy up of the site so it is already ina bit of turmoil so now may well be the right time to make the change.

 

[povidiu]

I can say 100% sure that is not affecting negatively. I have test this problem some years ago and a few months ago. The most important thing is to add your site to Google Webmaster Tool and check the Localisation options.

 

[I, Brian]

Have you set up your geolocation in Google Webmaster Tools as for the UK? If so, you may not need to worry too much about moving to UK-based hosting with a .com, though it remains good practice none-the-less regardless of Webmaster Tools settings.

 

[Kinderpods]

Yes - Google location is set to UK, but I think I should move the hosting because a) Google Geo is OK but it only affects Google SERPs (big as they are Google aren't the only game in town) and b) my hosting company operates in US & UK and will move the hosting at no charge & since it is all the same company I guess the risks are reduced


Thanks

 

[airforce1]

Hi, Kinderpods

In my own experiences, hosting companies would not have an impact on the SERP efforts if only your pages are loaded speedy enough.
The main factors in deciding your SERP position for your keywords would be page contents and backlinks.

Have a nice day,

 

[webhostuk]

Hi

I have found out that my .com website is hosted in the US - having looked into this I understand that this can have a negative effect on Google UK search results.

I can get the hosting moved to a UK server but before I do I would be interested to know in what effects I might see in Google SERPs, Crawl etc in both the short term and long term. We are having a bit of a tidy up of the site so it is already ina bit of turmoil so now may well be the right time to make the change.

Not to worry on this part, if you are moving on UK server surely your site will start resolving from UK IP and it will help you more in google.co.uk rather than affecting your site.
Just make sure the server speed on which you are hosting your site is good enough.

 

[flydl]

Thank you very much for this information!
I like baby very much!

 

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