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artweary

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Since: Jan 05, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:01 pm
Post subject: Impact of hosting server location
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I currently use ICDSoft as my webhost and am very happy with them. I
have been with them for a couple of years.

When I joined ICDSoft, the had servers in Hong Kong. They subsequently
obtained servers in New York.

Most of my users are in the USA. While there is nothing wrong with my
current level of service, I was wondering if I would see some
incremental improvement by transferring to the NYC host. Any comments?

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user94

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Since: Sep 14, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:35 pm
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 > I currently use ICDSoft as my webhost and am very happy with them. I
 > have been with them for a couple of years.
 >
 > When I joined ICDSoft, the had servers in Hong Kong. They subsequently
 > obtained servers in New York.
 >
 > Most of my users are in the USA. While there is nothing wrong with my
 > current level of service, I was wondering if I would see some
 > incremental improvement by transferring to the NYC host. Any comments?

I can only speak for the UK and USA. I have had servers in both countries,
serving visitors from both countries with the majority coming from the US.

As a user I never noticed any difference, and have never heard of any
adverse effects from visitors.

So basically, in the UK/USA context, it doesn't make any difference.

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webmaster26

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Since: Feb 05, 2004
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:35 pm
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Previously in alt.www.webmaster, <artweary.RemoveThis@sent.com> said:

 > Most of my users are in the USA. While there is nothing wrong with my
 > current level of service, I was wondering if I would see some
 > incremental improvement by transferring to the NYC host. Any comments?

It would probably speed up the connection slightly, though the
difference would probably not be noticeable to users.

The other factor to consider when looking at the location of the server
is Google (not sure about other SE). For example, when using
google.com.au, if I search for "only pages in Australia", it will
display results based purely on the location of the server. While a
domain may be .com.au, if it is hosted overseas, it won't show in those
results. Conversely, it will include a .co.uk site if it happens to be
hosted in Australia. For a business based in the US it doesn't really
make a difference, but for other countries, it is definitely something
that needs to be taken into consideration.

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linkd

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Since: Dec 22, 2004
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:35 am
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Sounds the most important source of this info would by your current
webhost both in New Your and Hong Kong and see what they say. If you
get conflicting info then they are not being honest and I would look
elsewhere.

On 5 Jan 2005 18:01:31 -0800, artweary.RemoveThis@sent.com wrote:

 >I currently use ICDSoft as my webhost and am very happy with them. I
 >have been with them for a couple of years.
 >
 >When I joined ICDSoft, the had servers in Hong Kong. They subsequently
 >obtained servers in New York.
 >
 >Most of my users are in the USA. While there is nothing wrong with my
 >current level of service, I was wondering if I would see some
 >incremental improvement by transferring to the NYC host. Any comments?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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