The service of the host is

webmaster555 — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:25:26 +0000

The service of the host is important rather than location.

The other reason I'd look at

Megan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:49:48 +0000

The other reason I'd look at this is because it just helps to narrow down the field. With millions of hosting companies out there, you have to narrow it down somehow. Geography is one way to do that.

Location plays very little

Musson — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:09:56 +0000

Location plays very little role if the host is reliable. The stability of the provider is main issue.

Not important at all. I

Finntroll — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:00:50 +0000

Not important at all. I think if the host is good you'll be able to see your site fast anywhere in the world. Except for the cases when IP of a country is banned:)

Yes, that's another good

Megan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:30:26 +0000

Yes, that's another good reason and one of the reasons we didn't want our servers to be in the US. I know a lot of people here are concerned about having data on US servers.

Sorry, I can't remember right now which law it is but it allows the US government to get data on any servers in the country. I think - someone can correct me if that's not exactly accurate.

I also think that the

knorr — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:04:28 +0000

I also think that the location of the hosting company is unimportant. The main thing is speed and uptime of the company.

Not important at all. If the

Bjørk — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:16:19 +0000

Not important at all. If the company provides quality services there is no need to find it near yourself. That is not important!

You know there are hosting

ohrana — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:49:56 +0000

You know there are hosting companies that have detacenters in different locations. Say Santrex.net, they have them in Europe and America and it doesn't influence the quality of their services.

I think that the location of

Solommon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:35:49 +0000

I think that the location of your host is not so important. For example, I used Globaltap.com and I never had any problems with it. My site never had down time and speed connection was excellent.

I use my own website hosting

ms2134 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:31:43 +0000

I use my own website hosting company for my hosting.

1. Because we have datacenters in the USA and the UK, so i know i have one, only 58 miles away, in london.

2. Because i have faith in my own company because if i don't trust the services, then why should others.

3. Because Corporate Internet Solution's control panel is easy to use and manage, so i have now come very happy and acustomed with it.

~ Mike

EDIT:

I would tent to use a website hosting company that is at least within a few hundred miles of me or my target audience.

If I was targetting people within the United Kingdom, then i would rather that the server/datacenter was within the United Kingdom. So that my audience can get the best speed when viewing the site.