What Are The Perks Of Hosting Your Web Sites In The UK
A big proportion of web hosts are located inside the US. Do a search for web hosting providers, and I can almost guarantee most of those you come across are US based. But you will also come across a reasonable amount of web hosts, around the globe that are using US managed dedicated server hosting, and so end up with your website hosted in the US. Why as a UK company should you host your website from within the UK and what are the benefits associated?
Billing UK pounds
The first reason is that by using UK business class web hosting you are most likely to your bills in UK pounds. Being a business, being billed in pounds sterling makes your accountant a lot happier. Other issues are started by paying in dollars by not knowing what your bill is going to be due to changes in the exchange rate. For example one month your bill might be 100 pounds, the next it may be 110 pounds if the pound to $ conversions change drastically. Being billed in lets you keep track of your outgoings better.
Getting support
While a lot of hosting companies will provide 24/7 support as standard, you may find the best staff are working during local hours. You could find the best technical staff are on call out of hours. Most networking staff are on call, so if the network goes offline out of hours, there is a time delay. If you are a UK business, and deal with a UK based hosting company, the main staff will normally be operational between 9-5 or similar. Therefore if you submit a ticket during working hours, you’ll normally receive a response during these hours.
Ping and loading times
The ping time is the distance between the server and client. If you are hosted in the US, and your customer base is in the UK, websites can be slower to load because of the distance. By hosting your site in the UK you will get a much better speed and the connection with be reliable as the distance is considerably shorter. This can also be beneficial if you are hosting applications that require the quickest possible response. Getting them hosted locally will mean that these applications will be as fast as possible with no delay because of long distances.
Search engine results
Searches on Google for just the UK will always show domains with a .co.uk, which are hosted in the UK. With this, you can have a big impact on search engine results. With SEO in mind its always better to use a .com domain ending. To appear in the UK rankings, you must be UK based as Google determines this. Hosting in the US will mean your website won’t show in local searches. Thus choosing a UK based web hosting provider is always the best bet for search engine rankings and overall reliability and performance for your website.
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