Role Played By Domain Registration & Hosting In Search Engine Rankings
June 22, 2010 – 10:36 pm
It is widely believed that domain registration and hosting also plays an important role in website rankings as it helps Search Engines to establish domain trust. Some of these factors are listed below in order of their relevance.
- Fast Server Response time & Page Load speed
- Extremely limited Downtime (when server is under maintenance or not working)
- Domain Registration for extended period
- Valid WHOIS info that matches other records
- Dedicated IP address
The first two officially announced by Google and have a significant impact on your rankings. Remaining three are not very prominent yet but they do influence website rankings.