ok boss asked an interesting question.

"do the bots operate from the states?if so would be better to have a host there
or find out where they do it from and get a host there"

feedback?

he is very bot mind setted. but its a good question...where do the bots spider from?

I assume because there are Google headquarters everywhere they spider from everywhere?

but regarding the load time. ug my brain. its slow for people searching anywhere BUT the US because we are hosted in the US. We mainly target Europe. So where would the best place to get a host be then?



Most of our traffic does come from Ireland though. so Ireland does seem like the best choice. Its a lot closer than the US too.

I'm just curious about where the bots spider from now...and if that has its own effect on the load time at all? and how do they know the load time is slow?

or is it more for the people going to the site. no because i know you get penalised for slow load time. how do the spiders know there is a slow load time!?