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Old 03-09-2008, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by galteeman View Post
hi guys
does it matter if a site is hosted in ireland or the usa? for the purposes of page rank by google that is? its a .ie site.
after doing a dig and whois i discovered that my own host is actually a reseller for an american server. would this be hurting my listing here in ireland?

you should ask ... for SEO ... not page rank

Hmm.. being .ie will tell google you're an irish website. Being on an american server won't do great things (should be countered somewhat by the .ie) ... ideally you'd have the .ie and be hosted in ireland.
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