Domestic and International hosting Comparisons

The subject of domestic and foreign hosting purchases is one of the debates that have always existed and will probably continue in the future. In general, it can be said that choosing between these two types of hosts will not have a great and shocking effect on your internet business.
Basically, domestic hosts exist on servers located inside Iran, but servers outside Iran, as the name suggests, are kept in other countries.

If it is an important issue for you to be an Iranian or a foreign host, it should be said that if you have domestic and Persian-speaking clients, it is better to use domestic hosts, if not, foreign hosts will be more suitable for hosting international clients. .
Stay with us until the end of this article to examine this issue more closely and understand the differences between internal and external hosting once and for all. In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of each of these two types are well reviewed and will help you make a more suitable choice for your website.

Host Introductions

Host refers to a part of a server on which site information is placed. You can upload website pages, images and all types of site files in the hosting space. In this way, users all over the world can visit your site. By purchasing hosting on the web platform, you will have a space in which to place your products.

Internal and external host comparisons

SEO criteria

SEO site depends on many factors, but two very important factors are always important in the SEO status of websites in search engines, which are:
• The first factor is the constant availability and stability of the site
• The second factor is the possibility of easy access to site pages by search engine robots.

Considering that domestic servers are kept in Iranian data centers, in situations such as lack of access to the international Internet or embargo and seizure, etc., Iran’s connection with global networks and foreign search engines is cut off; We will not have to worry about the lack of access to information. Also, since internal servers are at a more favorable level in terms of information security, the possibility of confiscating and embargoing the server is zero percent. On the other hand, all these things that lead to information being unavailable, downtime, etc. are harmful to the site’s SEO. So always keep the uptime factor of your web hosting server in mind.
But due to the presence of Google servers in European countries and having a very regular and more stable network, sometimes it is suggested to use foreign hosts to have a good speed for Google to communicate with your site.

Ping time

If we want to compare hosts inside and outside of Iran in terms of ping time, we must first give a brief explanation about ping.
Ping is a command to measure the distance between two devices in the network and displays the time required to connect the devices to each other in milliseconds. The ping speed depends on the distance between the user’s system and the server.
Because the servers of internal hosts are located inside Iran and usually the visitors of the site are also inside Iran and the distance between the server and the visitor’s computer is very small. Therefore, the initial loading speed of sites that have internal hosting is higher than that of hosting abroad. Of course, note that the server infrastructure of your web host is also extremely important.

Monthly bandwidth or traffic

To compare internal and external hosts, in terms of bandwidth and monthly traffic, we must first give you some explanations about bandwidth.
Bandwidth is the amount of data and information that is transferred from your site to the user’s system. High bandwidth can easily meet all the needs of a large site. Currently, due to the high price of bandwidth, this factor is very important in choosing a host.
Also, due to the low price of the Internet, especially in European countries, some believe that foreign hosting provides higher bandwidth and better quality than domestic hosting.

Server port speed

The meaning of port speed in hosts in Iran and outside Iran is the internet speed that is provided to the servers. In normal servers, the port speed is generally 1 GB. So one of the important factors before choosing the right hosting services is to check the port speed. External hosts have a higher server port speed than internal hosts due to access to a higher speed of the Internet.

Hardware quality

Usually, when the service provider company provides a quality server to the user, it does not matter whether it is in Iran or abroad. A suitable and reliable hosting company always tries to buy and install the best and highest quality hardware in the world. So, in terms of hardware, there is no difference between internal and external hosting.

Information storage security

The security of information storage is considered a very important parameter for choosing internal and external hosts. Government websites that contain information and national interests usually use hosts inside Iran. Because in this case, the risk of sanctions and erasure of information will be completely zero. In fact, if your hosting company always backs up all the information on your host and ensures the security of keeping your information completely, there will be no more worries in using the host.

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