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Web Hosting Review - Do You Believe Everything You Read? |
Basing the selection of a website hosting provider solely on a Web hosting review can be a poor decision. Many hosting review sites earn their income from either being paid to host the reviews or from earning commission from the sales of hosting plans.
A simple search of Google for the term 'web hosting review' will return a selection of almost sixty eight million results which gives an indication of just how profitable the review business can be. To further demonstrate this, to place an advert on Google using Google’s Adwords program will currently cost you $14 to $18 for a top 3 position. Now, businesses don’t spend that kind of money on 1 click unless they are making an excellent profit from each visitor.
This is not to say that web hosting review sites don’t have their places. They can be a great source of information on what each company has on offer at the moment and some of them will even provide you with coupons to use that will give you reduced fees for the first month. But to get the best it is a good idea to check out 5 - 10 review sites and see which providers are constantly rated the best. Once the review site has provided you with the basic info its then time for you to do your own reviews by visiting the hosts you have selected.
Once you visit the hosting provider’s site you should first check that the offer displayed on the web hosting review sites was accurate and that any offers are still running. It is not uncommon for the review site to feature offers that are months out of date. Next stop should be the support forums to check out if the customers are happy and that any problems are quickly dealt with. If you really want to find a good host you can’t beat reviews from users who you know and trust. Your online friends can often be the best source of web hosting reviews.
Web Hosting review sites are not all bad but you need to appreciate that many of them are in the business of making money for their owners. Many will immediately remove any negative reviews so you don’t get to see the full picture. With that in mind treat any web hosting review as a paid advert and use them as research and you should be able to find some good hosts.
By: Neil Day
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