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Thread: Website Pictures?
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05-02-2006, 01:09 PM #1Web Hosting Evangelist
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Website Pictures?
I know that some datacenters post commercial photos of their datacenter and the facilities on their web sites. When the facility the have is entirely different than what it looks like in the pictures on the web page. Personally I feel that I would rather see a datacenter that is not as nice, but the real datacenter that I am going to be renting equipment from etc. Than to have the web page look like it is dressed to the 9’s, and later find out that the equipment is in a datacenter that is not so good.
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05-02-2006, 01:25 PM #2WHT Addict
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Equipment is equipment is equipment. Whether there is a nice ficus and a non-sterotypical geek in the picture will not change the performance of the equipment.
That said. Marketing is marketing is marketing.
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05-02-2006, 02:44 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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I haven't seen too many datacenter's post commercial (stock) pics, more rather webhosts that aren't trying to use the same images as their DC uses. At times, equipment might be hidden where you can't see it, then I could see someone using corporate pics, but most facilities that I know of either use their own DC pics, or none at all.
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05-02-2006, 04:41 PM #4Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by daThomas
The quality of a datacenter absolutely can / should be taken into consideration. If you have a sloppy DC likely your cutting corners on proper power, cooling, airflow etc.CloudNexus Technology Services
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05-02-2006, 04:58 PM #5WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by CoolRaul
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05-02-2006, 05:28 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by daThomas
But you're right, most DC's won't post negative pictures either.
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05-02-2006, 05:33 PM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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Are people really interested in seeing pictures of the datacenter?
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05-02-2006, 07:36 PM #8Disabled
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Originally Posted by ilyabern
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05-02-2006, 09:08 PM #9Retired Moderator
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Agreed most would come here and ask about the host, get mixed results from pretty much any host, settle on the lowest price provider, come back and complain and ask about new hosts wash, rinse, repeat.
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05-02-2006, 11:12 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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What I think is a bigger 'problem' is when a very small host has pictures of 'their' data center that are taken from the site of whatever facility they're in. Even ignoring the potential issues with copyright infringement, it gives a false impression about the 'size' of the place: the company might be reselling on one server, but the picture suggests that they have thousands of photos.
I'm not sure it should necessarily be prohibited, but it is kind of misleading.
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05-02-2006, 11:17 PM #11Managed Service Provider
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Originally Posted by PhMatt
standard stock photos there
includes the same chick that graced the front of steadfast's page for the longest time
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05-03-2006, 10:40 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by WireSix
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05-03-2006, 11:31 AM #13Disabled
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Ever hear of"belive half of what you see and some of what you hear"?