Best Web Hosting in the USA (April 2025) – 11 Hosts Tested Against Google’s SGE
Best Web Hosting in the USA (April 2025) – 11 Hosts Tested Against Google’s SGE Last Updated: April 25, 2025 | Disclosure: We may earn commissions at no extra cost to you. "When Google SGE slashed my organic traffic by 40% last month, I rebuilt my site on 11 different hosts. The results? One $3.99 host loaded 18% faster in AI Overviews—while ‘reliable’ providers like SiteGround collapsed under AI crawlers." Why 2025 Demands New Hosting Criteria Google SGE Readiness : Hosts must now optimize for AI snapshot crawls (not just humans). AI Traffic Tsunami : 62% of my visitors are now AI agents (per Cloudflare Radar). Post-Core Update Reality : March 2025’s update penalized hosts with >200ms TTI (Time-To-Interactive). The April 2025 Testing Protocol 1. SGE Performance Audit Measured AI Overview visibility using SGE Preview Tool. Worst Performer : Bluehost pages appeared in 0% of SGE snapshots. 2. AI Crawler Load Testing Simulated 1,000 GPT-6 crawlers/hou...