Comments for DataWebPRO Info Blog http://datawebpro.info Internet Hosting and Business News Fri, 08 May 2009 05:31:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Deceptive Hostgator Marketing by scooby156 http://datawebpro.info/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-26 scooby156 Fri, 08 May 2009 05:31:39 +0000 http://datawebpro.info/?p=42#comment-26 Steve, great post and oh so true! Here's my little HostGator negative review. I jumped on the HostGator bandwagon based primarily on the unlimited bandwidth advertisement. Everything was going fine for a couple of years until my site got too big for its britches, so to speak. I was thrilled watching my site grow from a handful of visitors to getting thousands. Then came the email alerting me of "excessive resource usage". Unlimited was great when my site wasn't getting very many hits. Unlimited became an issue when I started using up bandwidth. Now, I've learned about 'overselling' and the shady practices of companies like HostGator. Sure, it's on their ToS. But, it sure feels like a bit of a scam in retrospect. It's the same old lesson you probably learned in grade school: "if it seems to be too good to be true, then it probably is." In the case of HostGator, I can attest 100% that it is too good to be true. Check out their homepage. There aren't any asterisks on unlimited bandwidth or unlimited disk space. I thought I exercised due diligence in researching HostGator. I read an awful lot of positive reviews. Hopefully, posts like the one Steve wrote will help educate unsuspecting people looking for a decent hosting provider. Maybe this post and comment will save someone out there a lot of grief and stress. Steve, great post and oh so true! Here’s my little HostGator negative review. I jumped on the HostGator bandwagon based primarily on the unlimited bandwidth advertisement. Everything was going fine for a couple of years until my site got too big for its britches, so to speak. I was thrilled watching my site grow from a handful of visitors to getting thousands. Then came the email alerting me of “excessive resource usage”. Unlimited was great when my site wasn’t getting very many hits. Unlimited became an issue when I started using up bandwidth. Now, I’ve learned about ‘overselling’ and the shady practices of companies like HostGator. Sure, it’s on their ToS. But, it sure feels like a bit of a scam in retrospect. It’s the same old lesson you probably learned in grade school: “if it seems to be too good to be true, then it probably is.” In the case of HostGator, I can attest 100% that it is too good to be true. Check out their homepage. There aren’t any asterisks on unlimited bandwidth or unlimited disk space. I thought I exercised due diligence in researching HostGator. I read an awful lot of positive reviews. Hopefully, posts like the one Steve wrote will help educate unsuspecting people looking for a decent hosting provider. Maybe this post and comment will save someone out there a lot of grief and stress.

]]> Comment on You Really Need a Dedicated Server if… by Steve http://datawebpro.info/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-21 Steve Sun, 18 May 2008 01:16:44 +0000 http://datawebpro.com/news/?p=28#comment-21 This server has been sold. We currently have a waiting list for servers. submit a ticket if you want on the list. http://support.dtw88.net This server has been sold. We currently have a waiting list for servers. submit a ticket if you want on the list.

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]]> Comment on You Really Need a Dedicated Server if… by David Perdew http://datawebpro.info/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-22 David Perdew Wed, 14 May 2008 13:34:22 +0000 http://datawebpro.com/news/?p=28#comment-22 Steve - Send me a one year in advance payment link. I'll take it. David Steve -

Send me a one year in advance payment link. I’ll take it.

David

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