A World without Web Host Reviews?
What would a world without web host reviews look like? Honestly… I don’t want to know! We all need a web host and we often seem hasty to make decisions as hosting consumers. Just give me the login so I can start uploading the files for my new site! Well, I’ve learned a lot about web hosting both from my past mistakes and from evaluating hosts here. These few things come to mind:
- How or rather where web hosts try to hide things
- Don’t take web hosts at their word–test what they say by initiating communication
- Listen to a variety of sources before forming an opinion about a host
It’s fascinating and at times entertaining to watch Douglas Hanna spring into action and pounce the daylights out of an over promising web host provider. Douglas’s background in customer service–the Achilles heel of web hosting–makes him a doubly dangerous reviewer. If there is a weakness, he’ll most likely find it.
Conversely, it is also a joy to find that rare host that goes the extra mile and delivers beyond their promise. I am perpetually looking for hosts like this. Must be the webmaster in me. The reality is that most hosts seem to fall somewhere in between the poor and outstanding.
Here are two fresh reviews from Douglas Hanna: midPhase and AN Hosting. Enjoy.
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