Web Hosting Geeks

Data

In order to group data into proportional slices and bars we rounded host ratings with a php function. See https://php.net/manual/en/function.round.php for details.

 echo round(3.4);   // 3 
 echo round(3.5);   // 4 
 echo round(3.6);   // 4 

Interpretation

Not all web hosts equal. We've been looking into this issue for a long time. Some of them lack reliable customer support, yet have 5-star ratings accross many review sites on the web.

These are just some of our general observations when it comes to ratings distribution:

• Affiliate websites, built for the sole purpose of generating income through affiliate traffic, have most of their reviews within 4 to 5-star range. All of their promoted products are glittering and dazzling.
• Open directories have a left-skewed (negative) distribution, where the mass of reviews is concentrated on the right of the figure. The reason for this is the overwhelming ammount of 5-star ratings. To gain visibility, small and unnoticeable companies usually ask their customers for positive feedback, while at the same time there is no one to complain.
• On the other hand, right-skewed (positive) have nothing but customer complains.

Go with a review site that has a symetrical bell-shaped ratings distribution curve. Most likely, their ratings are based on both positive and negative reviews. Once again, if the shape of the distribution resembles a bell curve, the feedback data is likely real. Learn more about normal data distribution here.

This table consists of all hosting provider ratings we were able to find at the reviewer's website, along with the calculated number of hosted domains and global ratings.

We believe with this information, it is much easier to understand how a web host performs on a global scale and to avoid making a biased decision.

Data

• Domains Hosted (Total) - The total number of all domain names hosted by a web hosting provider.
• Domains Hosted (Trend) - The net amount of domains gained/lost by a web hosting provider during a 3-month period.
• Reviewer Rating (Value) - The aggregated host rating, assigned by a reviewer on a scale from 1 to 5.
• Reviewer Rating (Reviews) - The number of reviews used by a reviewer in calculations of a host rating.
• Global Rating (Value) - The average rating of a web host accross all known review sites. It also takes into account the Trust Score of reviewers.
• Global Rating (Sources) - The number of sources (reviewer websites) we used in order to calculated the Global Rating of a web host.

Performance

When you need to find good and affordable web hosting, you need to be able to rely upon the experts. One team of web hosting gurus who reckon you can trust their ideas is that of the Web Hosting Geeks. These are web hosting comparison masterminds who have been around since 2004, and in that time have formed a very strong reputation.

Comparing so many hosting platforms can be, to be blunt, a bore. If you find it hard to keep up with all the miniscule factors that you need to keep in mind, then tools like Web Hosting Geeks can make that a fair bit easier for you. If you would like to do that, then you should probably look through their extensive collection of details. For one, they link you to some of the web hosting providers you would most likely want to work with. Broken down by category, cost, and various other features, they make it pretty easy for you to avoid needless and expensive mistakes with your hosting selection.

They also provide all manner of reviews to look through, helping you to formulate a better idea of the kind of hosting that you might be picking up in the first place. Needless to say, that can be very useful if you are not sure about what you need. They also have some great learning guides to look through, also; the kind of guides that can take a huge amount of the work out of making sure you ‘get’ hosting.

Part of the joy of using this particular comparison site is the fact they have so much information to look through. With over 20,000 reviews collated since 2004, they have so much for you to look through. This helps you to easily work out what kind of provider is best for you based on location, cost, features, suitability, and everything else that you care about.

You might be unsure about who to choose. Hosting selection does not have to be the drag that it can feel. If you would like to get useful and educational insights about choosing a good hosting platform, they make learning fairly easy. With the help of Web Hosting Geeks, you can feel pretty confident!