A questing which comes up regularly on SEO Forums is “Where should I host my site if I am targeting the UK?” Although I would always advise UK hosting for many reasons, the SEO issues with overseas hosting are now less significant as Google will allow you to tell it which country you are targeting your site at. This is done through Google Webmaster tools. Accessed through the My account page on Google, once you have an account, the webmaster tools offers some great stats & info on your site, and importantly lets you set the Geographical target. To do this, go into the webmaster tools for your siet, and select Tools -> Set Geographic Target . This will allow you to associate your .com domain with a specific country. Note this is only necessary for .com domains, as it will automatically associate .co.uk domains with the UK. If you are new to Webmaster tools, you can access it via the following link: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
