do you trust ... testimonials
I wonder if you trust feedbacks about activity of web hosting companies that are on their web sites. I have found this one on the web site of Onthespothosting.net:
Quote: "I always knew what I wanted with a web host. I finally found what I always wanted, and OTSH was the place I found it. I recommend OTSH to everyone seeking affordable hosting."
~Sarah Cortino
What is your attitude to this?
demonhale posted this at 04:04 — 24th July 2007.
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There are actually testimonials that are real, and some are not, you can try and look for the contact info of one of the person testifying and ask him/her personally.
Those quick uncreative ones dont work...
knorr posted this at 10:57 — 30th July 2007.
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You know I tend to trust the testimonials that are on the web sites of the web hosting companies. But maybe I'm wrong here. I'd like to know how can I get in touch with the persons whose testimonials are on the web site of Onthespothosting.net?
Bjørk posted this at 09:25 — 2nd August 2007.
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Well, it's just my personal perception, but when I come to a site and see some reviews and photos there, I tend to believe them,
as for onthespothosting.net site, looks impressive, the IP of the site which is below this review shows that it's hosted in the Planet datacenter, this is where onthespothosting.net has its servers.
bermuda posted this at 20:41 — 12th August 2007.
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Well, passing judgments based on just feedbacks might not be a good idea, other important things to consider can be the number of domain names on their servers, having a live chat support system which is extremely important, answering emails in less than 24 hours, having a true 99% uptime status and other things.
tummy posted this at 12:32 — 13th August 2007.
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If you don't trust testimonials that are on the web site of the web hosting company, you may contact these persons directly and find out everything you want about this or that company. I did it with 247-host.com, Webhostingbuzz.com and others.
Freedom posted this at 12:33 — 20th August 2007.
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So what did the clients of 247-host.com and Webhostingbuzz.com tell you? Did they confirm their feedbacks on the web sites of those companies?
bfarrell posted this at 02:43 — 14th August 2007.
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I think most are real. But some are not. You just know some people will do anything to gain sales. I know people find them reassuring. I think overall they are real. The really gooey ones though I think are suspect.
MrCat posted this at 00:30 — 15th August 2007.
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If you are very uncertain on the credibility of testimonilas on those hosting sites, then maybe your fellow members here could just suggest their best hosting company bets. What do you think? Atleast you would readily know that these suggested hosting services were already tried by some of our fellow members
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pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 02:32 — 15th August 2007.
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Personally, I don't trust anything any company says about themselves, even if they claim it's from other people. The only testimonials I would trust are the ones on third party servers. eBay Feedback is one example, because I know the company can't moderate them.
Musson posted this at 12:48 — 30th August 2007.
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Go to the forums of the hosting company you are intereted in and ask questions there. I know that a lot of hosts allow rehistration for non-clients. Does webhostingbuzz.com and 247-host.com testimonials have links to clients' sites?
Not unlike the waves...
Smp Business Hosting posted this at 14:32 — 1st September 2007.
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I don't trust testimonials full stop until I have reason to trust them.
Even testimonials on third party sites and eBay feedback can be manipulated.
Certainly testimonials within company forums are a little more trustworthy,
but if there isn't any or only a few bad ones then they're most likely heavily moderated.
I would say you are better off choosing a company that meets your demands,
that you like the look of, and doesn't make any farfetched statements.
Regards, Steve
akopayan posted this at 08:04 — 3rd September 2007.
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I think that if testimonials are placed on the web site they have to contain information of person has written it. In this case I guess any testimonial will be easy to check.
maggy posted this at 18:50 — 12th September 2007.
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the testimonials is a great thing to consider while choosing a host, however you should consider more features and the uptime of the web hosting provider and also check web hosting forums like this. Anyway you will never know till you try by yourself.
Freedom posted this at 09:57 — 24th September 2007.
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I think persons may trust the testimonials that are on the web sites of the web hosting companies. For example, A2hosting.com has the whole page that is dedicated to this issue.
stealthiss posted this at 22:02 — 29th September 2007.
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I do not always trust the testimonies. I prefer to do y own research specifically on sites where you can see how many downtime their servers had, how old the company is, how many customers they have and try to call them to see how fast they respond and how they answer the questions you have.
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lweeks posted this at 18:46 — 27th March 2009.
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I'm not a big fan of testimonials, especially when it comes to Web Hosting. You have to find the right web hosting provider for you, and other people's opinions may not be the best source to base a decision off of. However - I would recommend that you first read through the website and what they have to offer. If you are satisfied with that - then read the testimonials afterwards...do not read them first.
Gog posted this at 09:31 — 30th March 2009.
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If I want to buy something I tend to type in review and the name of the thing Im looking for rather than looking at onsite testimonials.
Anaks posted this at 17:43 — 2nd April 2009.
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I also checked testimonials on many websites and most of them are fake.Simple they are written to point and make new customers to be sure that they are at right place.
Kancelarijski Namestaj
Natcoweb.com posted this at 09:38 — 6th April 2009.
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I still trust testimonials, as I go by them choosing products at other sites.
bondingm posted this at 21:01 — 17th April 2009.
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~Sarah Cortino
What is your attitude to this?
My attitude about this quote is that it is not very helpful to me in determining whether or not to go with the hosting company. First of all, she provides no details, and we have no idea what she is hosting even.
If all of the testimonials were like this, I would probably lose interest in the company. But if it's only one or two, I'd contact the company directly to find out what I need to know.
greg posted this at 02:05 — 18th April 2009.
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Feedback and testimonials have to be taken lightly.
Not many people will put bad feedback on the list, so will only ever give an overall positive impression of the site.
If one can read all testimonials, good and bad, then a fair impression of the site can be gained.
Also, you don't know how genuine the feedback is - if the site owner or their friends have made them up or even just edited them slightly.
Even without that, feedback can be legitimately trimmed to only show the positive sections from someone's comments.
switches81 posted this at 18:49 — 20th April 2009.
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I agree, you don't know how genuine the feedback is first of all. And then secondly, as bondingm mentioned, if there are no detailed accounts then the feedback isn't helpful anyway.
I mainly look at testimonials to see if there are any people or companies that I recognize, who are endorsing the product or site.
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