shockersh Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 So I have a question. Latency is the devil when it comes to internet speed. There is only so much you can do with Physics ya know... So my question is, if I am going to build a website for my customer who already has a lot of traffic, should I look for a hosting provider which is on the west coast, central US or east coast? My thoughts are this: West coast would be good for yeah, the west coast and Asia Pacific Central in Chicago or Dallas would be great for people on either coast of the USA and closer to the UK and Europe also. East coast would be slow for the western world yet faster for central, east coast and europe... Thoughts? Do any of you think about this when building a site? Should I worry about it? The reason I ask is because Dreamhost and Mediatemple are both in California however sites like myhosting.com is located in Toronto Canada which is on the East coast.... Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I personally think the location of the hosting provide does make a difference... That is unless you use a CDN to host your data around the globe: Limelight.com Akamai.com Bitgravity.com Rackspace.com Amazon.com Softlayer.com However for most sites, you are probably not going to be using a CDN so location is important. Well... important but not the MOSt important. The most importing is to have good strong content. Period. If you have that, everything else will come in line and as the traffic grows, you should then focus on a good CDN and SEO strategy. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saheed Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 I think what really matters is where most of your hosting company servers are located. That is why some people check where most of their traffic is coming from and choose hosting companies that have many servers and are quite fast around that region. Although, there are some great hosting companies like SiteGround that generally have FAST servers in most regions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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