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[...] of dollars a month for having us listed high in their rankings. So, how do you tell if a review site is legitimate or if it is providing you with fake reviews just so you sign up for the host that [...]

[...] that being said, there are certain things you can look for that will tip you off that a hosting review site is full of fake reviews. The first thing to keep an eye out for is if there are no negative [...]

[...] . Truth is most web hosting reviews are faked to earn the website owner a commission. If a review site has no bad reviews on it then you should be skeptical. If a review site only has positive user [...]

[...] unfortunately, just isn’t true. Another thing that always struck me as odd is that almost every review site isn’t hosted with the company that they claim to be the best host. In my experience the [...]

[...] hosting accounts with two different companies. Step 4: Upload all of your files to the new hosting account, either using the backup tool or via FTP. The host should provide you with a preview/ [...]

[...] by using a CDN is the location of your hosting and where your visitors are located. If your hosting account is in California, but the majority of your visitors are located in Europe, then your website [...]

[...] to being hacked. It’s the nature of websites. You need to be in charge of what’s on your hosting account and making sure your site is secure. At the end of the day it’s about accountability and [...]

[...] downloads a unique cookie that is specific to that affiliate. When you sign up for a hosting account the company’s order form looks to see if your browser has an affiliate cookie. If it [...]

[...] are customer reviews. However, 4 of the 10 companies that show up under “their picks” are EIG brands. The companies aren’t sorted by best rated, so my assumption is that they are sorted by who [...]

[...] bucks a month, but cheap shared hosting is much more prone to major issues, especially EIG brands due to overfilling their servers. This could cost you business in the long run, like it [...]

[...] prices. This is another one that is taking over the shared hosting world, especially with EIG brands. Many hosts will offer obscenely low prices to get you in the door, yet they are less than [...]

[...] It’s no secret how iPage, in fact how all EIG brands, try to run their hosting companies. Get as many people to sign up as possible then hit them [...]

[...] of it is covered more in the How Affiliate Programs Work page. Basically, the majority of review websites rank their web hosts by how much the host pays them. They have no incentive to tell you, the [...]

[...] the iPage brand so much is because they, much like their other EIG brands, pay web hosting review websites a lot of money to be named “best web host.” Their most recent promotion, for which I have [...]

[...] , and they certainly aren’t unbiased. The simple fact is that the vast majority of review websites get paid a lot of money by the web hosts for their “unbiased” reviews. A conflict [...]

[...] them on most other websites. The reason that this is the case is because the vast majority of review websites are not reviewing the hosts at all. Their rankings are based on how much the web host will [...]

[...] example, if a web hosting related website were to link my page in a blog post about web hosting reviews it would be a high quality backlink. If a website about lawnmowers has a link to my [...]

[...] Web hosting reviews are more than a dime a dozen. When researching for a web host you are going to come across [...]

[...] your visitors and your server. Read reviews This can get tricky. Truth is most web hosting reviews are faked to earn the website owner a commission. If a review site has no bad [...]