There are some people out there that no matter how much of a valid argument that you provide they are going to continue to go with a false concept. If you don’t believe me all you have to do is look up the percentage of people that think British Petroleum is innocent of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. For that matter there are still people out there that think we have not gone to the moon and the Earth is flat. You could shoot those people to the moon to see the flag that was planted and they would still claim no one has been to the moon and that the Earth is still flat. I say this because of a comment I did not approve on YouTube from user xXZarlachXx.
the most top hosting review looks at the price.
the affiliate links/referral links is the point with inviting people to new websites.
they want to get something for telling others what websites is good.
I did not approve it because frankly YouTube was not going to let me post a lengthy response. Also I am not sure if he or she is an agent for one of these “top hosting review” sites. I have no problem with affiliate programs as long as their incentives are not along the lines of giving away the farm (i.e. payments that are more then 20% of the first payment via the customer). This weak argument is not enough to stop me. As I have yet to see a correlation between price and ranking. Price does not determine rather a hosting company offers a quality deal. The level of service received is what determines rather hosting is “good”.
What I see is a case where many of these so called review sites show case hosting companies on commission junction, where they get between $60 – $125 and beyond for a sign up. Many of these companies do not trust the direct affiliate program of the hosting company they show case. For which I point to alreadyhosting.com’s comments on webhostingpad:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-934275.html
Even though alreadyhosting.com had a problem dealing directly with webhostingpad’s affiliate system they have no problem still referring people to their company through commission junction.
While at the same time most” top hosting review” sites do not host on the companies in their recommended list. Hostaz.com owned by the same guy (Michael Low) that owns webhostingstuff.com does not host with any of the hosting companies that he recommends, nor do webhostingstuff.com and hostaz.com have matching top lists. Because hostaz.com works on the principal affiliate commissions. Webhostingstuff.com works on the principal of bidding on positions. Most sites that work on affiliate commissions have most have no well written review to tell you why you should sign up, and to be unbiased to tell you the cons in additions to the pros of signing up with any company they recommend. When do have cons its always far less then then the pros of signing up for service. Or for that matter any proof that they tried the host that they recommend. Most of the hosting sites I have reviewed have a lot of complaints, or their search engine results are so obscure that its hard to find cons or for that matter pros. One example is the next on my list i-dentity.com.
The bottom line is these sites are in it for the money, their not in it to refer people to good hosting companies.
