What's up with the web hosting offers?

cashp0wer

11 years ago

I was noticing the same exact thing but never said anything. Hopefully someone will come along who knows.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Grant

Are the admins and mods really OK with people putting up threads just to push their affiliate links to HostGator, Dreamhost, etc.?

I looked through the first 8 randomly, and found 3 threads that were nothing more than people pushing their affiliate offer.

http://www.warriorforum.com/web-host...g-package.html
http://www.warriorforum.com/web-host...-december.html
http://www.warriorforum.com/web-host...nnual-fee.html

There has to be some sort of quality guidelines...

I questioned the same exact thing. I was under the impression the "hosting offers" section was for actual web hosts to advertise, not litter it with affiliate crap.

EDIT: The mods told me that "anything related to hosting is allowed in there"

Originally Posted by Mike Grant

There has to be some sort of quality guidelines...

Unfortunately, I think the 40 bucks a pop overrules the quality. Half of the other offers in there and even offered on this forum are merely resellers that don't even have a clue. Hop on live chat with them and you'll see.

Look at proudhosts - 5K+ "cloud hosting" accounts that were found jam-packed on 1 single server when the guy sold it on Flippa because of the problems he was having..

I think myself & Chad from webhosting-land are the only ones that even interact with Warrior members outside of the WSO threads as well.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Well, this thread got buried pretty quick.

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Mike Grant

11 years ago

Yah, shame really.

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Kay King 11 years ago

Those are PAID ads - that's why there's not a problem with them.
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- Kingfish85 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Those are PAID ads - that's why there's not a problem with them.
  
  Then what's the point of the hosting offers section? The people opening them ARE NOT offering hosting. They are pushing affiliate links. They should be in the regular WSO section if that's the case.
  
  EDIT: There should be some rules on the hosting offers section - if people are looking for a hosting provider, they shouldn't have to weed through 25 crappy affiliate links. There's already enough people here submitting useless posts littered with affiliate links on threads they have no business even commenting on.
  
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Kingfish85

11 years ago

I believe when the forum was first introduced, on the top bar of the Warrior Forum it said "Do you offer web hosting? --> New Advertising Section". Key words - "do you offer web hosting"

Affiliates do not offer web hosting.

EDIT: I'm also sure the other web hosts here on the forum would agree.

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Kay King

11 years ago

I'm also sure the other web hosts here on the forum would agree.

No rule that anyone has to agree - but unless you own the forum the choice you make is to advertise or not in that section. The sticky rules there don't prohibit affiliate links.

The point seems simple - for years hosting companies and hosting affiliates have tried to slide their promos and links into various forum threads. Now they can advertise freely - for a fee.

If results aren't good - the affiliate ads will gradually disappear.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

No rule that anyone has to agree - but unless you own the forum the choice you make is to advertise or not in that section. The sticky rules there don't prohibit affiliate links.

The point seems simple - for years hosting companies and hosting affiliates have tried to slide their promos and links into various forum threads. Now they can advertise freely - for a fee.

If results aren't good - the affiliate ads will gradually disappear.

Ok, I understand this. My issue is, if affiliates are still allowed to submit their links into the hosting offer section, what was the point in creating it in the first place?

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Mike Grant

11 years ago

Agreed with kingfish. Why would admins want to have a cesspool of offers if they are able to actually provide value in the same sense WHT does?

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Kezz

11 years ago

Has anyone reported the ads in question?

I'm sure the mods would remove them if they realized - these offers perhaps just slipped through.

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Kingfish85 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kezz

Has anyone reported the ads in question?

I'm sure the mods would remove them if they were aware.

I did - brought the issue to their attention and was told anything relating to hosting is allowed in there.
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- Kay King 11 years ago
  
  what was the point in creating it in the first place
  
  Advertising revenue. Pretty good point...smart business move.
  
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  Kingfish85 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Advertising revenue. Pretty good point...smart business move.
  
  Right, exactly. It has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of what's being put there.
  
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f00gee

11 years ago

Hosting Posts are reviewed before going live by someone.

I think the readers of this forum know about affiliate links. if there is no value they wont be clicked. And naturally they will go away.

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Kingfish85

11 years ago

I guess at then end of the day, it's beating a dead horse as it's probably not going to change.

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Mike Grant 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

I guess at then end of the day, it's beating a dead horse as it's probably not going to change.

Short-sighted by admins.
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- Kingfish85 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Mike Grant
  
  Short-sighted by admins.
  
  Well, I mean unless others, more than just 2-3 members show an interest I supposed they won't change anything. It would be nice though to have a section of legitimate, screened web hosts that actually provide good & honest services - even though some of them are direct competitors to me, hosts like Host Duplex, WebHosting Land etc provide decent services from what I've seen.
  
  Oh well, it is what it is I guess. :rolleyes:
  
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WillR

11 years ago

I also reported a couple of those affiliate hosting offers literally a day after the section had been created. I also felt that allowing those offers would ruin that section of the forum. It's all good and well to say it brings them extra revenue by allowing those ads but what you will find is the people who are genuinely offering web hosting deals won't want to advertise there and so no one will bother going there. So the section dies a fairly quick death.

Someone above said it's a paid section so they can do what they want. Well the WSO forum is a paid section also and could you imagine what it would currently look like if affiliate offers had been allowed in there. The section would probably have died years ago.

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