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Since the very inception of Web Hosting Review Blog, I have maintained that the link to the comment author should not have “nofollow” attribute. It was my way I could thank those who took their time writing a comment or reviewing a web hosting provider. Unfortunately this approach can backfire. Not only it is an open invitation to “spambots” but to human generated spam due to the fact that this blog is listed in the number of “no-nofollow blogs” directories. In recent weeks the number of comments that were aimed at exploring abusing possible SEO benefits has more than quadrupled. While I was tempted to oust and ridicule a few as an example, I will just say this. You know who you are, so please behave from now on.

Back To Nofollow.

In the light of increased spam (150+ daily) I have decided to revert to use nofollow attribute in the comments from now on. If you are discouraged by this do not be, there is still a good chance to get a friendly link from me. If you leave a relevant comment, even if you choose to respectfully (respectfully is the key word) disagree with me, I will most certainly take time to visit your blog and website. Those who choose to review a web hosting provider (all of the web hosting provider’s profiles are filed in Reviews category) will be rewarded with a link in the upcoming “thank you posts”- I reserve to use the anchor text of my choosing in those posts. These future “thank you posts” is the way to remedy the presence of “nofollow” attribute in the comments.

Comments Policy Outline

This comment policy outline will be visible on every post of this blog from now on:

• This blog is using “nofollow” attribute any attempt to spam for SEO benefits is the waste of your time.
• If you leave a review of web hosting providers (which is any post listed in the category “Reviews”), I may contact you to ask if you prefer a link to your website other than to your main domain.
• Every post comment containing profanity or links to anything illegal will be deleted.

When looking for web hosting providers, users often ask question about how reliable a particular web host is? There is absolutely nothing strange in such a question. For many, the ability to have a website up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week may be crucial element for running a successful business. But even companies like Google or Yahoo! have issues with their servers and connection.

So to that end I can assure you readers, no web hosting provider can truly promise a 100% uptime 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 356 days a year. However some web host come pretty darn close to offer such an outstanding service. Take for example Bluehost- I have been monitoring Uptime Statistics of Bluehost for almost two years. In the year 2008 blue host uptime statistics where at 99.579%.

On of the reasons I have started to monitor Bluehost uptime was that I myself host few websites with this web hosting provider. I also wanted to test a service that allows me to monitor web hosts and my own websites- ServiceUptime.

So today I would like to announce that I will try to implement uptime monitoring for every web hosting provider featured on this website by the end of 2009. While it may enhance this website, the uptime statistics however should not be the deciding factor before purchasing web hosting plan.

We are happy to let the readers and visitors know that the list of Top 10 Web Hosts has been updated. Some of web hosting providers have disappeared from the list while others, like LiquidWeb and Bluehost have taken the list. The list could have been slightly different. We did not include any providers that had 0 (zero) reviews. To calculate the WHRB Score we have used the numbers of reviews, the positive and negative reviews and other ratings provider by users. In the future we will consider to include the “uptime” measured by a third party to generate the top 10 web hosting providers. Below is ho the list looks after today’s update.

We anticipate the next update to the above list on or around September 26, 2009