BeeDeeDubbleU - 3:47 pm on Dec 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

Make sure that your hosting server is within the UK or you will not rank in the UK results.

I repectfully disagree and my experience totally contradicts this. On my main website, which is a .co.uk hosted with 1&1, I rank number one for a highly competitive keyword in Google in both US and UK. My other KWs and phrases on pre-sandbox sites do OK too.

If there is a reason why a hosting server has to be in the UK can someone please back this up with an explanation?