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09-29-2009, 06:44 AM #1Web Hosting Guru
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Hosting Awards
Hello,
what do you think, how can you get a web hosting award? Do you have one? Are those awards given by some affiliate?
Thanks.
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09-29-2009, 07:01 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Unfortunately these days, most awards are given out to the companies that pay the highest affiliate commissions or spend the most on advertising each month. There are very few, if any, "genuine" hosting awards.
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09-29-2009, 08:55 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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I have a question close to this, How do you get one who gives it out? A company like WHT? or like the goverment?
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09-29-2009, 09:13 AM #4Master of the Truth
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09-29-2009, 09:30 AM #5Web Hosting Evangelist
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It really depends on awards type. What kind of awards do you look at? If you mean awards like "best hosting company" on some hosting related website, then forget it...
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09-29-2009, 10:26 AM #6Private Citizen
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When we first started we wanted those so badly, until we realized that they have a 99.9% bullsh** uptime with those damn things. I guess what I mean is that 99.9% of those things are just useless to anybody who needs solid and true information on a hosting provider. It's sort of like the days of 'snake oil' salesman. A scam. The only people they help are the ones making money by giving them out.
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09-30-2009, 07:34 AM #7Actively learning French
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Great posts guys. I remember a time I used to strive for those awards and searched for them by name...lol. Only then I realized it was some gimmick (a graphic artiste with talent who wanted to make some money)
I have learnt over the years that those awards mean nothing to your potential clients. What you need to do is get client testimonials with a link to their site. It will increase your potential client's perception ten-fold.
I am still working on that with my new companyIf you're the smartest person in the room then you're in the wrong room
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10-01-2009, 07:40 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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10-02-2009, 03:50 AM #9Web Hosting Evangelist
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I also know some hosting companies launch webhosting directories too. Needless to say, company (which owns that directory) is ranked as #1 and their rivals are being bashed badly...
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10-02-2009, 06:17 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-14-2009, 12:57 AM #11Web Hosting God
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Step 1: Open affiliate review site.
Step 2: Give out 3,000 awards to hosts.
Step 3: Receive thousands of authoritive niche-centered links.
Step 4: Now outrank all teh web hosts in Google rankings for core hosting terms.
Step 5: Watch money pour in for no effort, no support, no stress.
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10-14-2009, 08:05 AM #12Aspiring Evangelist
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Actually, potential clients don't pay attention to hosting awards, they usually take into account an overall company's reputation and reviews.
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10-14-2009, 12:33 PM #13Private Citizen
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10-14-2009, 12:44 PM #14Aspiring Evangelist
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Being a customer of many hosting companies I have never paid attention to that fact if the host has awards or not. Only honest and independent reviews left by clients can clear up the situation somehow.
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10-14-2009, 02:14 PM #15Private Citizen
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10-14-2009, 03:43 PM #16Retired Moderator
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Being a customer of many hosting companies I have never paid attention to that fact if the host has awards or not.
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10-15-2009, 04:04 AM #17Web Hosting Evangelist
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