LOCATION-BASED WEBSITE HOSTING OPTIMIZATION
A hosting provider may host a website at a first hosting location based on initial business information received from a hosting customer, perhaps while the hosting customer created an account. The initial business information may include, as non-limiting examples, whether the business is a local or non-localized business, business addresses and/or registered domain names. A domain name, particularly if it resolves to the website, may be analyzed for incorporated words, spelling, characters and/or top-level domain that may point to, or be more commonly used in, one or more geographical regions. The website may be moved to a second location based on the initial business information combined with subsequently collected business information, such as, as non-limiting examples, updated address information, marketing campaigns aimed at particular locations and/or based on the originating location of traffic to the website.
1 . A method, comprising:
identifying, by a hardware server, a first hosting location from a plurality of hosting locations based, at least in part, on source locations of network traffic accessing a website; and
transmitting, by the hardware server, a user interface to a user recommending that at least a portion of the website be transferred to a second hardware server located in the first hosting location.
2 . The method of claim 1 , including:
receiving, by the hardware server and through the user interface, a message encoding an approval or a selection of the first hosting location in the first hosting location; and
transmitting, by the hardware server, at least a portion of the website to the second hardware server located in the first hosting location.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first hosting location from a plurality of hosting locations includes:
identifying global positioning system coordinates for each of a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with the network traffic accessing the website.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein identifying the first hosting location from a plurality of hosting locations includes:
identifying a geographic center of the plurality of IP addresses; and
identifying the first hosting location based upon the geographic center of the plurality of IP addresses.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user interface includes a user selectable option to either move or replicate the at least a portion of the website to the first hosting location.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first hosting location is based, at least in part, on information received when a hosting customer updated a customer account.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first hosting location is based, at least in part, on information received when a hosting customer changed a business address in a customer account.
8 . A method, comprising:
determining, by a hardware server, a first hosting location from a plurality of hosting locations based, at least in part, on a first business information in a customer record; and
hosting at least a portion of a content of a website associated with the customer record on one or more hosting servers at the first hosting location.
9 . The method of claim 8 , including:
determining a second hosting location different from the first hosting location based, at least in part, on second business information in the customer record; and
hosting the at least a portion of the content of the website on a second one or more hosting servers at the second hosting location.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second hosting location is based, at least in part, on information received when a hosting customer updated the customer record.
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second hosting location is based, at least in part, on information received when a hosting customer changed a business address in the second business information.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second business information identifies a location of a plurality of customers of a business of a hosting customer.
13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second hosting location is based, at least in part, on a new marketing campaign for a hosting customer aimed at a plurality of customers that reside closer to the second hosting location than the first hosting location.
14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein first hosting location is based, at least in part, on a top level domain of a domain name registered by a hosting customer.
15 . A system, comprising:
a server computer including a processor configured to perform the steps of:
identifying, by a hardware server, a first hosting location from a plurality of hosting locations based, at least in part, on source locations of network traffic accessing a website; and
transmitting, by the hardware server, a user interface to a user recommending that at least a portion of the website be transferred to the first hosting location.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:
receiving, by the hardware server and through the user interface, a message encoding an approval or a selection of the first hosting location in the first hosting location; and
transmitting, by the hardware server, at least a portion of the website to a second hardware server located in first hosting location.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:
identifying global positioning system coordinates for each of a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with the network traffic accessing the website.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:
identifying a geographic center of the plurality of IP addresses; and
identifying the first hosting location based upon the geographic center of the plurality of IP addresses.
19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein:
the user interface includes a user selectable option to either move or replicate the at least a portion of the website to the first hosting location.
20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein identifying the first hosting location is based, at least in part, on information received when a hosting customer updated a customer account.