Using a US CDN (Cloudflare) for a UK Site. Should I use a UK Based CDN as it says my server is based in USA

[PeteC12]

Hi All,

We are a UK Company with Uk customers only and use CloudFlare CND. Our Site is hosted by a UK company with servers here but from looking online and checking where my site is hosted etc etc , some sites are telling me the name of our UK Hosted company and other sites are telling me my site is hosted in San Fran (USA) , where I presume the Cloudflare is based.

I know Cloudflare has a couple of servers in the UK it uses but given all my customers are UK based ,I don't want this is affect rankings etc , as I thought it was a ranking benefit to be hosted in the country you are based.

Is there any issue with this and should I change or is google clever enough to know so i shouldn't worry.

thanks

Pet

[LesleyPaone]

Cloudfare is not really seen as a CDN so I would think it would not matter actually. Plus I would imagine that Google is wise enough to know when a CDN is being used and not change how they view a sites localization because of it.

[IsaCleanse]

I'd suggest looking at Amazon Cloudfare.. super reliable, and cost efficient - used by large corporations globally.

[LesleyPaone]

I have found cloudfront to be slow, I prefer a pass through cdn personally.

[proinity]

I can recommend KeyCDN. They have a POP in London as well. Did not find a CDN with better prices and that many advanced features.