So you have created the ultimate website and cannot wait to display it on the World Wide Web. You are now on the look out for a good quality web hosting company to achieve this. When you dig around a bit more, you will find that web hosting directories are a good source of finding a reliable hosting company. So what exactly is a web-hosting directory?
Web hosting directory can be best described as a web-hosting marketplace where prospective hosts list their products, plans, prices and other important web hosting related information so that potential customers can choose a web hosting company that befits their requirements. Most of the web-hosting directories also rank these companies to make the selection process more convenient. Now, almost everyone out thee would be a tad skeptical about the reliability of these web-hosting directories. So are these directories really trustworthy and should novices take this approach towards choosing the right web-hosting company? For this, we need to first understand the working of a web-hosting directory.
There are essentially two types of web-hosting directories: Paid web hosting directories and free web hosting directories.
For the paid directories, the web hosting company is required to pay a certain amount of fee for placing their ads, banners or listings on the site. They may even pay a certain amount of commission to these websites if they acquire customers through these directories.
The free web-hosting directories on the their hand are completely free and web hosting companies can place their listings or ads free of cost on these websites.
Seemingly, the paid web hosting directories cannot always be relied upon as the rankings of the companies on these directories can always be manipulated through unfair means. The rankings could therefore be biased.
Free web hosting directories are relatively more reliable. However, it is advisable to rely on these rankings only if they are based on genuine and unbiased reviews of the customers. Remember, you can tell a promotional review from an unbiased review, as a promotional review would feature only positive comments about the web-hosting company.
The above notwithstanding, it is also important to take note of the fact that web-hosting directories prove to be a source of information if the potential customer wants to perform a price, feature and service comparison between various web-hosting companies. It is however advisable to view and refer other sources of information like forums, blogs etc. in order to make an intelligent decision. Making a well-informed decision will eliminate the future risk factors as well as help you to lap up on various web hosting information, its various aspects, features, tools and application as well as the range of pricing structures in the hosting industry.
So while web-hosting directories can be an effective source of information, one has to weigh various aspects before completely on the information and try to validate that information by performing a thorough research about the web hosting companies that you are interested in registering with.
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