What's in a name?

[Freckled]

Just out of curiosity how many of you have ever not chosen or have chosen a hosting company based on the name of that company?

I know I have tended to not go with companies sometimes based on a name or the way the site looks instead of the important things they may have had to offer and so wondered if that was common.

 

[RobAPI]

Even though it could be wrong, I do this all the time.

For the name, I wouldn't do it so much. If there was a company called spammerhost then I wouldn't go with them over a host called reliablehost.
That might be a bit way out there..but you get my meaning

I wouldn't go with a company if they had a very bad designed website. It's like going into a shop that sells food, which is covered in dirt. It is the first impression that shop gives you.
With an online business, you want a company that has a well designed, professional looking website.
Well I like to see that anyway

 

[alpha]

Thats the same for me, if I see an unprofessional looking webhost site then I run the for the hills, I don't want to be run out of town by cowboys.

That gives me an idea.

would anyone like to join me and set up a company with a domain name:

www.bandwidthforbabes.com

You sign up with us and you will get the chance to go out with a gorgeous looking model for a whole year.

 

[BlackStorm]

Hehe you will have to cut costs on the design and oversell like mad to make enough to pay a model to go out with the winner

Even thought it may be wrong, I would say most people would go by impression, be it from the name or site design.

 

[alpha]

Hehe you will have to cut costs on the design and oversell like mad to make enough to pay a model to go out with the winner

Even thought it may be wrong, I would say most people would go by impression, be it from the name or site design.

Well I didn't mean a real model. A cut out will do.

 

[BlackStorm]

Well I didn't mean a real model. A cut out will do.

:lol: That's ok then, I'm in

 

[Freckled]

Too funny about the cut out!

I am the same way about site design, one of my pet peeves is when people center text and they have a sentence a mile long and then the rest of the sentence being 2 words is on the next line. So unprofessional and I just click next when I see it.

I always badger the customers that ask for my help on a site about that so usually teach them to center text since that is what they like but left align which to me looks much more professional. I hate it on personal sites too but can over look that but not on a business site. grrrr!

 

[diginode]

However, site design is cheap nowadays, it's not a reliable indicator of whether a host is really reliable or not.

 

[alpha]

However, site design is cheap nowadays, it's not a reliable indicator of whether a host is really reliable or not.

It might not be a reliable indicator, but in today's society people have to make quick decisions and some of the decisions can be as shallow as not going with a company because the first impression that they get from a poorly designed website.