.com domain question

[rudig]

Are there any restrictions on where your webhost's server is when using a .com domain name?
First I've heard of such a limitation, so was hoping you guys might know.

 

[The_Ogre]

never heard of it either

 

[SYNERGY]

A bit when it comes to SEO. Google apparently downgrades you a bit.

Otherwise- nothing on the server side.

 

[rudig]

Thanks for input. Sounded odd, but didn't find anything on Google and don't have experience with hosting.

Guy said that his company's domain is hosted on a Texas platform as his website is going worldwide now with a .com domain and he had to have it on board to get in with the .com authority as the backend whmcs is directly integrated into the system.

Be interesting to hear experts. Might learn something

 

[Electron1]

Also never heard of it. Sounds like this was a good sales pitch though.

 

[JasonH]

Thanks for input. Sounded odd, but didn't find anything on Google and don't have experience with hosting.

Guy said that his company's domain is hosted on a Texas platform as his website is going worldwide now with a .com domain and he had to have it on board to get in with the .com authority as the backend whmcs is directly integrated into the system.

Be interesting to hear experts. Might learn something

There are no restrictions with .co.za regarding the server geographical location. Any individual or business can register a .com domain and point it to any name servers / server.

I'm not sure where the reference to WHMCS comes in? WHMCS is a total hosting billing and automation system that has modules for multiple registrars. They would be using a module to connect to the registrar and register the domain. There are no restrictions on the client location when registering a .com domain through WHMCS.

 

[House]

No, there are no limitations or restrictions when making use of any domain extension. You will also not be penalized by search engines. Keep in mind though:

In terms of Search Engine rankings, country level domains will benefit more from Google's country level domains (e.g: a co.za domain will rank better in Google.co.za than it would in Google.com). Top Level domains again will rank better in Google.com. At the end of the day, this will all be dependent on your search engine optimization of your website.

 

[chopsky]

Thanks for input. Sounded odd, but didn't find anything on Google and don't have experience with hosting.

Guy said that his company's domain is hosted on a Texas platform as his website is going worldwide now with a .com domain and he had to have it on board to get in with the .com authority as the backend whmcs is directly integrated into the system.

Be interesting to hear experts. Might learn something

That doesn't make too much sense. It sort of sounds like he's saying that he is hosting with a company like Hostgator (Texas-based), who offers an eNom domain reseller account with WHMCS on their reseller accounts.

To answer your original question though, there are no restrictions on the server's location when simply hosting a .com domain.

 

[chopsky]

And server location doesn't matter with regards to SEO. You can geo-target with Google WMT. It's all about domain name and on-page/off-page SEO.

 

[Domains.co.za (Wayne)]

Some TLD’s have registration restriction but any TLD can be hosted in any country. A rule of thumb that some web designers use is that if your target audience for your website is in SA, host locally but if your target market is international then host in the USA. The only reason for this would be speed of the client accessing the website but no real other reasons.

Guy said that his company's domain is hosted on a Texas platform as his website is going worldwide now with a .com domain and he had to have it on board to get in with the .com authority as the backend whmcs is directly integrated into the system.

If he mentioned whmcs, it’s probably because he uses whmcs and his website is only integrated into the servers in Texas and therefore he would only host your .com or .co.za on those servers

 

[rudig]

Great responses. The WHMCS part together with the server restriction makes sense now.