VPS Hosting - Web Server Location and SEO
Recently, I subscribed to a Singapore-based VPS hosting package. Compared with the US servers that I am using, uploaded files are blazing fast.
VPS hosting is more secure and reliable than shared hosting. However, the technical level required to use VPS hosting is quite overwhelming for me.
WHM and CPanel are so much easier to use. And I am so used to AWSTAT…
Virtual Private Servers or VPS hosting is likened to a poor man’s dedicated server. A VPS server makes use virtualization software to slice up a server resources e.g. CPU time, RAM, disk storage and etc. The popular server virtualization is Virtuozzo. The other alternative is Xen, which is open-source.
The VPS hosting that I am using is powered by Xen. Why? Because it is cheaper and the data center is situated in Singapore. Although it is affordable for me to get started with a virtual dedicated server, the VPS hosting package does not have WHM/Cpanel and AWSTAT!
Your Web Server Location and SEO
One of the important criteria for my VPS is server location. I want a server in a data center located in Singapore. One reason is for the speed and the other reason is for SEO. Google is serving results based on where your server is located. So for websites that are for Singapore-based traffic, I need to have the server situated in Singapore.
To find out more about my findings on why location of your web server is important to your search ranking results, read my previous post on Google is Serving Localized Search Results Listing.