Historically, if you have a generic domain name like a .com, you would
need to have your site hosted in the UK in order for Google to
recognize your site as having a geo-location in the UK. Recently,
Google has added a Target Country setting to the Webmaster Tools
Console, so if you sign up for the Webmaster Tools you can tell Google
that you're in the UK and have your site hosted anywhere you like.
Keep in mind, of course, that this will only affect Google. If you
want the other search engines to know you're in the UK, you'll have to
have your site hosted on a server that's physically located within the
UK. Since all of the major search engines give a great deal of weight
to geo-location in their ranking methods, even when the user does not
ask for a country-specific search, you may find its worthwhile hosting
in the UK even if its more expensive. And be sure to check with the
hosting company that their servers are actually in the UK. At least
one UK hosting service actually has their servers located in The
Netherlands. Good luck!
On May 16, 2:02 pm, david64 wrote:
> I have heard that in order to have a good chance of coming up in the
> Google.co.uk search results with a .com domain you need to have it
> hosted on a UK server. Is this true? If not,what is the best way to
> get Google to associate a .com domain with the UK?
