To properly answer this question, we have to work from the basics by discussing the concept of load balancing of Web applications.

There are several approaches to load balancing on Web application serverclusters. A single cluster is actually a collection of servers running on a Web application simultaneously. They appear as if they are a single server. It aims to balance the server load, by distributing request to the different nodes within the server cluster, for the purpose of optimizing system performance.

This is one tough question and if you Google search for information on this, you will discover many answers, making the issue more confusing. We simply can’t get a concrete answer to this question. 

Let us rephrase the question to highlight the important points. How does hosting in one country while trying to rank in another country affect rankings in the search engines? For example, let us assume that your server is located in Canada and you want to rank in the US. Does the fact that the location of your hosting provider is a different country affect your rankings?

Before we proceed and clarify the issue, it is essential that we define the concept of PageRank and how it affects your website’s ranking in search engine list.

Once you understand PageRank, you may start thinking how it affects your position in the search engine result page. The PageRank is a single unit of the Google algorithm that determines your ranking on the search engine result page.

A perfect way to answer the question would be to discuss first the concept of shared hosting as it relates with dedicated hosting in order to establish the distinction between the two levels of web hosting.

Websites that have more intense traffic generally require more than what average shared hosting account can offer. Shared hosting is a perfect entry point to the Internet for you and your website. There will come a time that the business and even personal websites will experience the limitations of a shared hosting in terms of bandwidth and disk space. Shared hosting does not offer the same level of flexibility or security that managed and unmanaged dedicated hosting offers.