Google Ranking - Hosting

[amseo]

Is hosting company important for Google to rank results?
I mean is it true that sites which are hosted on some hosting companies can be rank higher than others in Google?

[Mark121]

If may be useful only when suppose your site host in canada and you want to promote your site and business only in canada then hosting may be helpful otherwise it doesn't matter.

[kvchosting]

AMSEO, Yes essentially.

If you get hosting with slow speed, it will hurt your SEO (Google have mention about web speed, therefore SPEED is important these days and it does make sense)
Those hosting that overload it will impact your performance due to many downtime.

Another issue is GEO LOCATION, assuming you have site that from RUSSIA and you ought to find hosting from UK area since its closest this will play its role due to connection from your end to the DC (data center)

[Spike]

The name of the Hosting Company doesn't matter. Server speed does matter though.
Another thing that some may not know is Domain Registration also matters. The longer the term of registration the better. This lets Google know the site is less likely made for spam and plan's on being around for years to come. So register the Domain Name for at least 3 years if possible.

[alb3rt1]

Yes it is, I tryed myself. If an hosting is often out of service or unreacheable google cna penalize your website. They did with one of my old website.
Google also said that they prefer fast website instead of long loading time website.

[anthon]

The hosting company doesn't effect rank in Google.
But the place in which the website is hosted can effect the rank of site in Google.

[daisy192]

i don't think that hosting company make any effect on google search results.