SEO Question – VPS Hosting and international TLDs
if I have a VPS on USA, is it bad for SEO to host international domains like .ar?
- Iair S. M / Buenos Aires, Argentina
No, I don’t think so. Hosting location would be a very small factor in your rankings anyway. The more pertinent factor is the quality of the hosting, i.e. does the hosting company have blacklisted IPs.
Helpful Tools/Links
To check and see if your server IP has been blacklisted:
For Mail Servers: http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx
For Web Servers (Hosting): www.openrbl.org
See if your server is Apache or Windows: www.YourServerReport.com
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