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Shifting Servers From USA Shared Server to Canada VPS Server will affect SEO Rankings
Currently we are running our websites on a web hosting in USA and it’s a shared ASP.NET server. We do want to continue for few more months on this shared server as migration may take time and due to our commitments.
We also have taken a VPS server which is based out in Canada : www.myhosting.com .
Currently our websites does not have good SEO SERP Ranking but we are starting the campaign next week (Monday).
Our target audience is all countries across the globe but especially USA, UK and Australia.
Now my questions are :
1)Should we shift immediately or can we wait for 2-3 months to this Canada VPS so that our rankings of the campaign wont be affected? Do shifting from USA to Canada does affect rankings as well . Our domain is ‘.com’
If rankings will be affected, then we will shift immediately and then start campaign.
2) If websites is hosted on Canada VPS , does it mean , it will be tough to get on google.com than google.ca.
We want to be on the top of google.com (google.ca is irrelevant to us as of today).
3)some of of other .com domains might have good ranks though not in top 30 positions.
But will they go further down if we shift from this USA server to Canada Server.
I wasn’t knowing this otherwise I would have taken USA based VPS.
Thanks
We also have taken a VPS server which is based out in Canada : www.myhosting.com .
Currently our websites does not have good SEO SERP Ranking but we are starting the campaign next week (Monday).
Our target audience is all countries across the globe but especially USA, UK and Australia.
Now my questions are :
1)Should we shift immediately or can we wait for 2-3 months to this Canada VPS so that our rankings of the campaign wont be affected? Do shifting from USA to Canada does affect rankings as well . Our domain is ‘.com’
If rankings will be affected, then we will shift immediately and then start campaign.
2) If websites is hosted on Canada VPS , does it mean , it will be tough to get on google.com than google.ca.
We want to be on the top of google.com (google.ca is irrelevant to us as of today).
3)some of of other .com domains might have good ranks though not in top 30 positions.
But will they go further down if we shift from this USA server to Canada Server.
I wasn’t knowing this otherwise I would have taken USA based VPS.
Thanks
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we will update this soon
Google will not necessarily penalize your site based on the IP Location alone.
My main concern though would be if the server has some sort of latency, due to its distance from US data centers. If US visitors spend less time on site (due to response time), Google will eventually identify this and potentially hand you a penalty.
To test if it's an issue, you could put a copy of your site (under a sub or temporary domain name) at your new IP and run speed tests (new vs old IP) between the two. Something as basic as the webpage test, using a variety of data centers could give you a rough idea. If there was any significant latency, you could integrate with a CDN to help improve response.
Also, if the new IP has had some previous "bad" activity (dns blacklisted, gmail blacklisted, etc.), that may fare poorly for your domain as well.
Otherwise, migrate with zero downtime and you're good to go.
My main concern though would be if the server has some sort of latency, due to its distance from US data centers. If US visitors spend less time on site (due to response time), Google will eventually identify this and potentially hand you a penalty.
To test if it's an issue, you could put a copy of your site (under a sub or temporary domain name) at your new IP and run speed tests (new vs old IP) between the two. Something as basic as the webpage test, using a variety of data centers could give you a rough idea. If there was any significant latency, you could integrate with a CDN to help improve response.
Also, if the new IP has had some previous "bad" activity (dns blacklisted, gmail blacklisted, etc.), that may fare poorly for your domain as well.
Otherwise, migrate with zero downtime and you're good to go.
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thanks for the last answer but actually this has been postponed at our end due to getting extemely busy for last few months. But eventually will take a look once i am free in a month or 2 and will read all answers and will close the question and will choose an answer.
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The three questions asked are not unusual and the answer I gave is complete and correct. I am sure that it will be of use to others and I suggest deleting the questioner’s intermediate responses and allowing the question and answer to remain. (No need to award points).
- duz
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