Does DNS location affect international SEO?

[TommyTan]

Hi All Smart SEOmozers!

I have another dumb question =]

I have almost no knowledge on how DNS works and all the website background work.  I understand that DNS is the server that translates a domain name to the IP address.  Furthermore, I also know that IP Address location or web host location plays a small factor in international SEO.  Webhosts usually provide the DNS service as well but for this case ABC Company uses a different domain service, diferent DNS service and different webhost service so things get complicated.

So the question, does the location of DNS service we use affect International SEO like how the location of the webhost does.

Thank you in advance for your help!

[William.Lau]

No I've never heard of DNS affecting SEO. International or domestic, DNS shouldn't impact SEO.