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    #32
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    axer wrote:
    the advantage of hosting in ireland is that your server has an irish IP address - this is an advantage when it comes to search engines - not speed.

    ????

    I have never heard of this before.

    Is this definitely correct? Do you have any links to back this up?

    I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just surprised.

    Thanks.


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    #33
    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    If you look into how Google et al rank and index pages you'd soon see that the geolocation of your site can be very important.

    If you have an Irish site targetting the Irish market you should try to host it on Irish IP space.

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    #34
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭jmcc


    smeggle wrote:
    probably not getting any bots in at all. I have a spiders.txt as well, pop it in your root folder - it calls the bots of all engines listed in it. - see attached. :)
    What's this? Some kind of wierd mating ritual for spiders? Put the spiders.txt in the root folder and it will act like a fly caught on a web? :) Some of those listed in that file are not spiders but scrapers.

    Regards...jmcc


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    #35
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭jmcc


    dublindude wrote:
    ????

    I have never heard of this before.

    Is this definitely correct? Do you have any links to back this up?
    It is correct. The major search engines use IP location when dealing with com/net/org/biz/info websites.

    Regards...jmcc


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    #36
    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    axer wrote:
    the advantage of hosting in ireland is that your server has an irish IP address - this is an advantage when it comes to search engines - not speed.

    It's also an advantage from a responsiveness point of view. Even under the best conditions, a round-trip from Ireland to the US will be at least 100ms. 200ms or more is not unusual. The UK is a good compromise.


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