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We get asked quite often why someone should trust us and our reviews so we compiled some of the reasons we've given people over the years on one page. I'll be the first to tell you that we aren't perfect, and our reviews aren't perfect, but we think our process is second to none in our industry.

By their nature reviews are subjective, but we've created a process that makes objective evaluations a lot easier, and since we score all Web Hosts the same way our results are consistent. You may disagree with us. That is fine with me. If you find something our review process overlooked, let me know and we will look into it.

Each review allows you to comment on it, as well as to fill out your own review of the Web Host. I encourage you to do so.

Thanks,

Ron Dunlap, Managing Editor

Our Reputation:
Our reputation for independence, objectivity and fairness is well known in the Web Hosting industry for good reason. We began reviewing Web Hosting services in the mid-nineties and have never stopped. Armed with effective testing criteria and standards built from experience and the help of an independent California-based testing lab, our reviews are fair and objective. Check out our review criteria online.

To check out a little more about us, click here.

Our Independent Review Panel
The members of our Independent Review Panel are not members of our staff, but they are valuable to our Web Host Buyer's Guide reviews. Each member is knowledgeable and experienced. To learn a bit more about them, click here.

We Purchase the Web Hosting Services We Review
The best way to review Web Host services is by using them and comparing them to other Web Host services that have been similarly tested with the same testing criteria. It is very expensive, but it is what we do.

We Review Web Hosts AND Web Host Directories
That's right, we review not only Web Hosts and their services, but we also review Web Host directories. There are some very very good Web Host finder sites online and we have no problem directing you to them in order to help you find your next Web Hosting services.

Our Reader's Reviews and Opinions are Crucial to our Review Process
We listen and learn from our many thousands of readers. Their opinions matter, and we make sure we consult our Reader Reviews as well as our emails (which we categorize by Hosting company and community) to get input from others about the Host. We also contact those readers (that have given us that permission) about their experiences, to gather as much information as we can.

Our Reviews Never Use Ad Tracking Links back To The Company We Review
Check it out. You will never see an ad tracking link on any of our reviews. Many sites do. They do that because they want to pick up the affiliate sales from the visitors that click on the review tracking URL link to the Web Host. We don't use fancy JavaScript to hide the tracking URL either. We just use a plain and simple URL back to the home page of the company we review. Maybe our competition thinks we're crazy but that's fine with us.

We NEVER accept any money for our Ratings or Review Scores
We have a good reputation that we have earned over the years. Our reputation cannot be bought or sold, and we have no intention of ruining our reputation over money. We HAVE NEVER, and WILL NEVER, accept any money or accept special favors from a Web Host in return for a better review score or rating. That is something you can be sure of.

There are some nice review based sites online that do not accept any form of money for their reviews. However, the vast majority of the "top 10" review sites you see in the search engines are really Counterfeit Rating sites (see below). That is, they appear to be genuine, but their lists of Web Hosts are based on the revenue they receive from the Web Hosts. Hence, Counterfeit Review and Rating sites cannot be trusted to give you an objective or fair list of the best Web Host companies. The Hosts they rate may actually be great Web Hosts, but that doesn't mean the Counterfeit Rating Site rated them with any objectivity.

Why We Have Advertising
Like any business, we have bills to pay. Because of that we accept advertising on our Web sites. Those that might complain that since we accept advertising we must be biased conveniently overlook other companies that review products and services such as PC Magazine, Car And Driver, Motor Trends, and a long long list of others. Accepting advertisers does not mean that we accept money for better review scores. As we stated above, we HAVE NEVER, and WILL NEVER, accept any money or accept special favors from a Web Host in return for a better review score or rating. That is something you can be sure of. However, if a Web Host, or other company wants to advertise on our site because our visitors meet their target audience, then we will sell them space on our site to reach our readers. That is fair.

By the way, we display the status of each Web Host we review as to whether they were an advertiser with us or not when the review was conducted.

About Counterfeit Rating sites
A counterfeit is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. In the Web Hosting industry, a Counterfeit Rating site is one that receives money or other form of compensation from a Web Host in return for a favorable rating for that Host. To claim a "Top 10" list of Web Hosts when in fact the listing is based merely on the amount of money paid is lie. It is no different than a jewelry company claiming that its diamonds are real when in fact they are fake diamonds. They are not real. Counterfeit Rating sites cannot be trusted to give you an objective or fair list of the best Web Host companies.

As previously mentioned, the fact that the Counterfeit Rating site provides a fake "Top 10" list doesn't necessarily mean the Web Hosts they list are bad. However, we see no reason why anyone should trust and of these counterfeit sites or their counterfeit lists.