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Drupal and WordPress Have Sold Us Out
- STRML 12y agoIt's a shame to see ads disguised as information, but it is absolutely understandable why (money). It's true that those hosts are garbage though; they seem to spend much more money on marketing than infrastructure. Web hosting is an incredibly profitable business. I wonder how many people try out services based on these recommendations alone? Unfortunately it is extremely difficult to find a trustworthy host. If you have the skills to run your own VPS it's a different story, there are great choices out there for people who can run their own systems, like DO, Linode, AWS, GCE, and so on. But for "full-service" hosting, like the new rash of Wordpress-specific hosts? It's terrible. I've seen $250+/mo for hardware that would barely cost $10/mo on traditional VPS hosts. Lots of enterprising small-business owners get taken in by this stuff because it's "easy to use" and has "24/7 support", but from experience I can say that this doesn't mean much in the field.
- amalag 12y agoI recommended Serverpilot to a company and it is great, but they are facing a huge education issue. It is difficult for a business or regular web developer to understand that when they are sold on a VPS it is just a control panel over a standard server. They do get convinced by the buzzwords. It does take some knowledge to go to Amazon or another cloud provider and get a server.
- snowwrestler 12y ago> So where does that leave people looking for honest web hosting reviews? Here at Review Signal. Of course. We have a vested interest in telling this story. > Disclaimer: Review Signal LLC is compensated by some companies for referring new customers.