austtr - 10:31 pm on Oct 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

then Google might be able to work it out from the page contents, but you're not giving them the big clues, if you see what I mean.

If I use titles that accurately indicate the page topic, meta tags that properly describe the page content and use well constructed content with the appropriate key words and anchor text..... then Google knows darn well what the page is all about.

Having the site hosted in the topic country doesn't seem to add anything to what Google already knows about the site pages.

Any definitive data on this? Are there any other reasons why a UK topic site should be hosted in the UK, a Swedish topic site hosted in Sweden etc etc.