No SEO Advantage to Dedicated Hosting

Google’s John Mueller affirms that dedicated web hosting does not have an SEO advantage over shared hosting.

This is stated in that latest installment of the Ask Googlebot series on YouTube.

The video addresses a question from a small business site owner who’s looking to keep costs down by hosting their website on a shared server.

Dedicated hosting is more expensive because it’s designed for faster page speeds. In turn, that could result in a ranking advantage in Google’s search results.

If a small business’s budget only has room for shared hosting, is that still acceptable by Google’s standards?

Here’s what Mueller says.

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