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Discussion in 'General Business' started by Advenlo, Aug 21, 2006.

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    I am a UK webmaster with a site designed for the US market. I currently have shared hosting facilities with a UK host.
    I'm looking at changing and would welcome opinions on whether US or UK based servers makes a difference and whether a dedicated server makes much difference.

    Cheers,
     
    Advenlo, Aug 21, 2006 IP
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    andy105 Peon

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    If your market is US based, I'd go for US hosting because in my experience, sites hosted in the UK do quite well on google.co.uk but not so well in google.com unless it's a small niche.

    Bandwidth is far cheaper in the states too. I wouldn't bother with a dedi server, let someone else manage that.
     
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    fsmedia Prominent Member

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    I run a dedicated+managed server because I need the extra CPU and memory. In the end, it's cheaper for me. It really depends on your needs. If you don't have a need, then shared hosting is fine. I run version specific apps for MySQL and PHP so I can't run shared hosting, you may or may not be in the same position as us. Dedicated+managed is a bit more expensive, but I think it's worth every penny.

    I use LiquidWeb.com for dedicated hosting and I love their service, they come highly recommended by me. There are some good shared hosting companies out there, LiquidWeb.com, DreamHost.com, Site5.com, HostGator.com, just to name a few.
     
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    Care to tell us more about your site, it's bandwidth usage & other requirements?
     
    eXe, Aug 21, 2006 IP