BrandPost: Iceland and beyond: Exploring offshore web hosting<article>
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<p>When shopping for a web host, some business owners first look at solutions that are close to home. That’s a natural response, but in many cases, an offshore host might make more sense.</p><p>Here’s a look at some of the advantages that an offshore web host can provide.</p><h2><strong>Performance</strong></h2>
<p>Web site loading times are directly impacted by the distance data has to travel from the host to the user requesting the web page. If you live in San Francisco, a server physically located in Los Angeles will tend to be more responsive than one located in New York. But it’s unlikely that all of your users live in San Francisco, and not all are likely to live in the United States, even. America is a big place. Did you know that New York is actually closer to Iceland than it is to San Francisco? Additionally, your European customers accessing servers in Iceland are likely to receive a response faster than from servers in the U.S. In reality, the differences in load times among servers in the U.S., Europe, and in between are unlikely to be significant, but if you’re looking to provide the highest level of performance to the broadest number of potential users,
offshore web hosting deserve serious consideration.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2860442/iceland-and-beyond-exploring-offshore-web-hosting.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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BrandPost: Iceland and beyond: Exploring offshore web hosting
