A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that the location of a web hosting company (in particular their server) is not important. There is a couple of good reasons why location is definitely important. A Singapore business that uses a .com website address and hosts with a company outside Singapore may not be listed in search engines' local search results.

If the majority of your website traffic is local or from within your country then it is advisable to also host your website locally. This reduces any potential latency issues from overseas, ensuring your website always loads quickly.

In addition, be wary of web hosting companies which look to be based in Singapore at first glance, but they actually use an overseas server and may not even have a business registration in Singapore.