Monday, September 7, 2009

How Useful Are Positive Web Hosting Reviews?

If you’ve been anywhere near the web hosting review market in today’s world, what you are going to find is that there are thousands of websites out there with information about web hosting reviews. It is simply stunning how big the web hosting review marketplace has become since you would think that with so much competition out there, it would be far too difficult in order to try in any way, shape or form for the new guy. Of course, with the advent of CPC advertising and a number of other online innovations, the little guy does have a chance at competing and therefore they are able to do a smaller website and then work their way up from exactly what that website has the ability to offer.

Now, with the increase and subsequent boom of the internet and the larger need for web hosting services, the increase in positive web hosting reviews has been very obvious for all to see. The top web hosting websites have a number of them and they all proclaim high and far that the best web hosting is one that they happen to be affiliated with.

Because this is exactly what you are going to find from all positive web hosting reviews; that the website you are reading the review from is affiliated with the website that is being reviewed. This is not to say that websites that do not give off completely positive reviews are not affiliate websites; but it is more to say that websites that give off completely positive reviews are most definitely affiliate websites. They are trying to sell you a product with a promotional review that, while not being deceitful, at the same time is still only highlighting the positive aspects of whatever web hosting they are talking about. Even the worst web hosting in the world can be made to look fantastic in terms of the web hosting reviews if they only discuss the positive aspects of that website; so this begs the question as to whether or not positive web hosting reviews are useful.

Well, they are useful according to most experts but in order to realize where their usefulness lies, it is important to take a closer look at them. What you see with most promotional reviews is that they go well out of their way in order to make sure that you know about every positive aspect of the web hosting package, so in a way they are giving you everything you need to know about half of the picture. If you can find another half that discusses the negative sides of the product you are considering, then you might actually be able to use the two together as an impartial resource, since the partialities of both sources will cancel each other out. If you decide to use the positive review by itself, just keep in mind that there are potential negative aspects that you might need to investigate further and you can still use it as a good resource.

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