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Don't Get Fooled by the Web
Hosting Wolves in Sheep's Clothing!
by: Kai Virihaur
When looking for a good web hosting provider to look after your
website, it is easy to get confused. There are thousands of
companies around, and they compete fiercely for your attention.
Some are good, some are wolves ...
Are you looking for web hosting? If you want to set up a personal
website, or a modest commercial one, you are probably in the
market for an inexpensive shared hosting plan. Those entry-level
plans may cost $5-10 per month, and often boast very generous
features for that modest prize. However, the strong competition
often causes the companies to oversell, and then have difficulties
living up to their promises. And how do you go about telling the
good ones from the bad?
Maybe you go to one of the many web hosting review sites. Those
places may offer extensive listings of various web hosting
companies and their features; which is certainly helpful. But be
aware of the fact that these review sites are out there to make
money by referring new customers to the hosting companies!
Therefore, they tend to praise those companies that pay them the
best.
I used to be naive about these things, trusting the review sites.
That was until I began some serious research on the subject
myself. Were they really so good, those much-praised web hosting
companies? Soon, I was able to uncover large amounts of customer
testimonials that told a different story.
It became clear that several very large and well-known web hosting
companies had surprising amounts of negative customer ratings
against them. There were many angry customers that related stories
about incompetent or non-existent customer support, billing
disputes where the company kept charging ex-customers after they
had cancelled their accounts; and more.
One may say that any company with many customers is likely to have
a few that are hard to please. But in these cases, there were
scores of reviews, and the majority was negative! Since certain
hosting companies are known to prosecute those who have criticized
them in public, I will not mention any names here.
In conclusion: I advice anyone looking for a reliable and honest
web hosting provider to be very careful and not put too much trust
in the web hosting ratings commonly found at hosting review sites
and similar places. Also be aware that the customer feedback
published by the web hosts themselves on their sites is of course
filtered - and may even be faked.
About The Author
Kai Virihaur
I am a researcher, an artist, and a web developer. On my website, www.TheHostingFinder.com
, I have gathered some information on the good type of web hosts -
the kind that has a majority of happy and satisfied customers. I
hope this may be of some help to people looking for good web
hosting
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