SEO and moving Hosting company

Will changing Hosting servers change my rankings on google?

[Rocknroll]

I have very good rankings on google But i am not happy with my hosting company. Therefore i want to switch to a new hosting company servers. But i am worried that changing the server (ofcourse IP will change too). Will changing my hosting company (NOT MY DOMAIN NAME!) effect my rankings on google or any other SE?

[robotsdobetter]

You should not have any problems, I to have switched web host before and never seen any thing change in the search engine results (I had a number one ranking).

[sidyadav]

If the IP belongs to a different country then what your potential traffic is targetted to come from, or where your previous IP was from, you may experience a slight change in the rankings for that country's division of a search engine.

However, this only applies to a search engine which supports Geo-Targetting and uses it to alter its search results (ie. Google).

Sid

[anallawalla]

Also watch out for the small delay in DNS propagation - these days it seems to be very quick. If your site is off the air (to Googlebot) for a day or two, there is the tiniest possibility of losing rank, but most people find no such problem.

[Jack_Hughes]

make sure you retain your old site for a few weeks after your move. then check the old site to see if it's still getting traffic. when the traffic stops...switch it off.