Get the Best Web Hosting – Dealing with Web Hosting Review Sites and more.
Choosing a web hosting company can be bewildering. You type ‘web hosting’ in a search engine and you are presented with literally millions of web sites. Some are actual web hosting sites but most are probably ‘review’ sites and other ‘best web hosting companies’ type of listings. There are so many of these review / directory sites because many web hosting companies pay a commission to the site owner if they get a sale from someone coming from that site.
This does not mean that you should disregard review sites. They can be very helpful.
Firstly, there are definitely some genuine review sites out there that are not driven by commission.
Secondly, most (but certainly not all) review site owners do not list companies with bad reputations. Consistently bad web hosting companies quickly get a reputation on the net among webmasters; and nothing makes someone disregard a web hosting review site more, than seeing a known ‘problem’ company with a high rating. Review site owners need credibility to continue making commissions !...