Comments on: Beware of “Web Hosting Review” and “Top 10 Web Hosts” Sites

By: MrSmith

MrSmith — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:00:04 +0000

I don’t trust any of the reviews I come across. Think people are just going to have to do their own homework in this. Then make a decision based on their findings. webhostingtalk, is trash … crawling with affiliates, shills, wannabe hosting company owners. It’s ridiculous and I feel sorry for people who think they can believe a word most the folks there say.

The hosting industry itself seems to be ridiculous. Out of control, I could install a server on my desktop and start telling people I’m a “hosting company”, lol. Ok might not be that bad, ( yet ) but getting pretty close in my view.

Really messed up, new to the whole issue of web hosting. Took me 2dys to figure out all the “top host review” , “best web hosts 2010/2011″ etc sites were all affiliate spam. Sighs, looking mdd over more closely atm. New company, but Mike seems to have a lot going for him.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:13:21 +0000

I think it’s great that you held you affiliate accountable instead of just running with the cash.

Unfortunately, most companies are just thankful for the business, even if people get burned along the way.

By: Muhammad

Muhammad — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:34:45 +0000

Host Jury started well but down the line greed took over their minds and they became similar to other review sites that have Top Rated Host Lists that are made keeping just one thing in mind, “The Commissions”

Host Jury seem to have honest reviews from public but their top list is Truly FAKE. Claim from the site owners that they are not biased is shameful because there own host is at No.1 in the list.

* Fused Network <<<
* Hostgator
* JustHost
* Dreamhost
* LunarPages
* Dot5Hosting

See the list? Now how is this list honest? Mediocre Hosts make most the list.

It's funny that when you click most of their top hosts you get reviews that are negative. So, they say we have this "top rated host" and then they have reviews that contradict those Top Ratings.

I really want people to do their research on Legit Forums like WHT and not go for these review sites.

By: MikeDVB

MikeDVB — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:16:56 +0000

The issue isn’t that it was linking to a location that dropped the cookie – the issue is that it claimed to go to promotional information/coupon codes and it did not. If it simply said it was taking the visitor to MDDHosting.com, then there would be no problem with the link. It was eventually updated to where the links did go to promotional information but at that point the whole page was set to drop the cookie even if the visitor never went to our site which is cookie stuffing and definitely a form of affiliate fraud.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:19:19 +0000

With regards to the “already hosting” image, I am confused. You say it goes to mddhost.com, then redirects to a url with his affiliate link in it which drops the affiliate cookie. Now I am confused.

Isn’t the .com/support/aff.php?aff=069 what you want in order to get a commission? How does that url drop a cookie? I thought that is what sets a cookie?

By: Elin Faulcon

Elin Faulcon — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:28:41 +0000

Thanks a ton, Mike! I’ve been victims of scammer!

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:25:11 +0000

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:12:40 +0000

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By: MikeDVB.com » Email Conversation with Jonathan Burdon of AlreadyHosting.com Affiliate Scam Site

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:14:50 +0000

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By: MikeDVB

MikeDVB — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:04:08 +0000

@Gene

I’m fully aware of what Mr. Burdon has done and I’m working on a new article to outline the recent events.

His actions are already getting my articles and his information some publicity: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=963915 What’s really funny is had he just been willing to work with me this could all have been avoided but unfortunately for him he’s set some gears in motion that aren’t going to be able to be stopped.