Domain registered with US provider; hosted with UK - SEO effects?

[JacobFunnell]

My boss wants me to register a domain with a US company.

However, most of our customers are in the UK. Though I would host any future website using a UK hosting provider, I don't know if registering the domain with a US provider would make any difference SEO-wise?

[Marcus_Miller]

Are you a US company or a UK company?

It won't really make any difference where the domain is purchased, and very little where it is hosted really but it makes sense to host for a UK audience in the UK (less distance for requests to travel) but you could overcome this with geo targeting in webmaster tools.

You can register a US domain (.com etc) with a UK company though - no need to do it via a US registrar.

This is one of those tiny, weeney issues - if you are targeting UK folks, do it all in the UK and be done with it. Certainly don't agonise over it for any time!

Hope that helps!
Marcus