{"id":1067,"date":"2022-02-26T13:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2022-03-03T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:05:19","slug":"does-migrating-website-hosting-location-affect-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/does-migrating-website-hosting-location-affect-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Migrating Website Hosting Location Affect SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of <em>AskGooglebot<\/em>, <strong>John Mueller<\/strong> of Google has shared his thought on how the <strong>geographic location<\/strong> of a <strong>website server<\/strong> affects <strong>SEO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A user on YouTube asked John about \u201cdoes migrating a website hosting location affects SEO? E.g. an Australian website (and target audience) migrating its hosting location Australia to US\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In its response, John said, when Google notices a hosting change, first it tends to make sure that it doesn\u2019t create any problems by crawling the site frequently. And to avoid any problem, initially webmasters might see Google slowing down crawling a bit as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>And once Google finds out there won\u2019t be any issue by crawling the site faster, then it will start to speed up the crawling process again.<\/p>\n<p>John also informed that the above process is independent of the kind of hosting change webmasters make. So, whether you are moving to a different hosting provider or moving to another country, the crawling cautions will be taken definitely by Google.<\/p>\n<h2>Is there any practical effect of it?<\/h2>\n<p>The answer is <strong>YES<\/strong>! John has highlighted that <strong>larger geographic moves<\/strong> can affect how quickly a website loads for users.<\/p>\n<p>It means, if users accessing your website are far away from where your website is hosted then it could definitely generate <strong>slower user experience<\/strong> as it can take longer to reach a server that is far away. And, it plays a major role in <strong>speed<\/strong> &amp; the <strong>page experience ranking factor<\/strong> of your website.<\/p>\n<h2>How to deal with it?<\/h2>\n<p>So, to not get affected by the slow website loading speed, John advised webmasters to use servers in many different locations or to take the help of <strong>CDNs<\/strong> (Content Delivery Networks).<\/p>\n<p>Also depending on the hosting platform you are using, your website may already be on multiple servers.<\/p>\n<p>All these above mentioned solutions are fine for Google.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SFFFEOChiJo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Is server location used for geotargeting?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>No<\/strong>, your website server location is not used for <strong>geotargeting<\/strong> and will not impact SEO when it comes to geotargeting.<\/p>\n<p>If you want your website to target users in a specific location, then you have two options. 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