Who Owns Your Website?

ownership-certificate

Website ownership is a serious issue. As part of being an SEO consultant, I’m frequently asked to conduct SEO Audits on potential client’s websites. Amongst sundry other tasks, I always check to see who the legal owner of the site is. With surprising regularity, it turns out NOT to be the guy who commissioned the report, and who mistakenly thinks HE (or she) is the rightful owner!  There is more than one aspect to this… Who is the Domain Name Registrant? Each country has rules governing … [Read more...]

Website Hosting Location vs. Customer Location

Web Server Location & SEO

Server location and its importance to your website rankings, traffic and consequent success is another thing the web hosting company forgot to tell you about... An aspect overlooked by many site owners, and one that gets minimal coverage in web design or SEO articles etc, is . Most articles are written by web design & SEO practitioners in the USA, and are therefore written from "The Inside, Looking Out." However, if you happen to be like many site owners in the world, "On The Outside, … [Read more...]