Need help regarding SEO and Cloudflare

[NGholap]

I have a quick question for you.

Can cloudflare actually hurts any website's SEO or Google Rankings?

I am searching on Google for the answer. But I am getting confused by reading answers. So I decided to ask the expert. Will you help me?

[danmoyle · Accepted solution]

Hi @NGholap. Like @natsumimori I don't believe it's a binary good/bad decision. Much like solutions as Wix for CMS or Anchor for podcasting, there are pros and cons, haters and advocates. When I asked my colleagues here at Impulse Creative, the overall thought is that it's "no worse than any other DNS hosts." If you're looking for alternatives, here are a few. Hope that helps! 

[natsumimori]

Thank you @danmoyle and @webdew for advice!

@NGholap please check out the above messages from our top contributors:)

[webdew · Accepted solution]

Hi @NGholap ,

Cloudflare should not affect your website’s SEO or ranking in SERP. Google’s search advocate John Mueller had answered the same question on Twitter. He said, “That sounds unrelated. Many sites are on CDNs. If set up properly, CDNs work great for users & search engines”. In my understanding, faster and secure websites will perform better on search engines.

Hope this helps!

If we were able to answer your query, kindly help the community by marking it as a solution.

Thanks and Regards. 

[danmoyle · Accepted solution]

Hi @NGholap. Like @natsumimori I don't believe it's a binary good/bad decision. Much like solutions as Wix for CMS or Anchor for podcasting, there are pros and cons, haters and advocates. When I asked my colleagues here at Impulse Creative, the overall thought is that it's "no worse than any other DNS hosts." If you're looking for alternatives, here are a few. Hope that helps! 

[natsumimori]

I think it's a bit difficult to say Yes/No to such topic, but @KTownsend and @danmoyle do you have any example or thoughts ?