Recommendations for International Hosting Companies?
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Hi,
I'm looking to register some country specific domains, and I'm looking for either a host that offers international hosting options in these countries, or recommendations for companies I should be looking at.
The countries in question are:
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Germany
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France
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Spain
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Italy
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Portugal
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Thanks Ade, I will check this company out.
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Hi irvingw,
I initially set up domain.ie/fr/ etc, but in GWMT you can't set the geo location of a country if you already have a geographic tld.
You reckon hosting country isn't an issue - just the domain?
Ronan
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Are you doing this for SEO reasons? If so I would just host in the US. Hosting location for rankings in that region is not much of a factor anymore due to the fact that companies in 3rd world countries were hosting in 1st world countries because of the need for reliability and it wouldn't be fair to rank them lower based on that decision.
Also, you can geo-target specific folders in GWMT so there is also less of a reason to get a country specific TLD.
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Hi.
I have used a UK based company in the past called BB Online (http://www.bb-online.com/) They aren't the cheapest but their service is really good.
To be able to register a domain in many Euorpean countries, the regulating bodies require that you have an address within to country and a business registered within the country. BB Online take care of all of that for you.
The main reason that I chose to use them was that you can phone them directly to ask any questions rather than having to use email or support tickets.
I haven't needed to register another domain with them for about 18 months but up until then all of my experiences with them were good ones.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the response Stefan.
It would just be to host a single domain - so no need for a dedicated host - would just need basic hosting & an IP.
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I can tell you about Italy and Spain Italy > sitonerd.com and hostingperte.it Spain > Acens.com and arsys.es
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What kind of hosting packages are you looking for? Because I know a great dedicated server host in Germany, but they only do dedicated servers.
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