RackNerd Reviews and Feedback

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A year back I have tested them. So, don’t mind if I say something wrong. I got the VPS as it was already up and running for one of my client. It looked nice. And the prices were very affordable too. Had no issues with them.

But things got hairy when we tried to upgrade the service. They can have hidden fees and may cost a lot more when you are trying to renew. Some people may just ignore these things if the services are good. It is evident though to let everyone know.

Some people might complain about outdated hardware or not good enough customer service. But I found them adequate. Yes, not topnotch but things are ok.

People who have their audience mainly from Asian countries should look closely and objectively to their services. Their datacenters are very limited in Asian region. They have tremendous options for US, Canada and Europe though.

Here are some replies and comments from our RackNerd thread in our forum.

I was using a shared hosting before. And ended up having some problems with the host since shared hosting doesn’t allow much of the freedom.

So, I migrated to Racknerd. Frankly speaking I moved to them and not to any other vps provider is because of their prices. They were providing some good deal with my requirements (2 core, 4GB ram for starters).

Many even told me why I moved to them since it was not a big name to them. But the surprise came to me when I started using them. They have one of the best systems if not the best system. I only faced one technical problem (apache not loading) which was resolved right away. And other problems which were basically my account related were also resolved in very timely and efficient manner.

I would definitely recommend it for the newbies who are staring their journey in the VPS world.

Although, I will appreciate if they display a little less graphics on their own site. I guess you people can say that’s a no thumbs up from me.

I am not saying they are very good. Yes, they have their fair share of flaws as well.

When I bought a shared hosting from them. They weren’t able to deliver it quickly it took a day to setup and launch my site.

But once I got my site online they were flawless.

One of the best experiences so far is with them. I have one of my site’s hosted with them right now.

You get what you paid for. And in reasonable terms. Their services are good but would have loved a bit more options regarding VPS and other things.

When it comes to services they are good as any good hosting provider. But I personally didn’t liked their own site design and graphics. It creates confusion and also takes forever to load sometimes.

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OnetSolutions Reviews & Feedback

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Good service, with very fast delivery of your items. Also, they come at a reasonable price.

One key point that I would like to mention about this provider is that they give you a clear choice between AMD and Intel, which is appreciated by many professionals. Yes, many providers do that, but they don’t give you the choice right away; however, this provider is an exception. When it comes to VPS, many just prefer to have the option available, although the CPU model is hidden.

Another thing that might be a plus for many users is that they accept cryptocurrency as an option, among others such as credit cards, PayPal, etc.

This provider is ideal for small businesses and medium-sized sites. You can buy their services, install an OS of your choice, and you are good to go. Very impressive uptime and very time-efficient troubleshooting, once they have identified it. Although a bit faster support will be much appreciated.

They have limited data centers, so inquire properly before purchasing their services since this might not be suitable for users who target many countries or sites that expect lightning-fast loading.

Here are some replies and comments from our OnetSolutions thread in our forum.

Service wise ok. Support is not something say lightning fast but it works.

Our VPS took almost half a day to get ready. Even after that we faced some serious login problems. But once they are resolved their service is good and well maintained.

I guess they are hard to set up sometimes.

I think their service and setup depends on where you are. Their servers aren’t very flexible. Anyway, just wanted to add one thing that they have a pretty robust backup system. Which saved me once. They are highly recommended if you are looking to deploy a self-independent & secure system with low hardware specs and within budget.

You have to buy backups for extra money.

As, they have no backup for free or by default it is definitely a thumbs down for me. But else is everything good. Decent setup support and also interface is also friendly. Overall, quite value for money.

What I find about this service provider is that they have great potential. They provide quality service in exchange for reasonable money. If they just dial up their support and provide a bit more flexible data centers (location wise) then no one can stop them to be the next big name of this industry.

Yes, they are good . But with little effort they can be better. They can start working on the customer support first.

Quite reasonable pricing. And good services with respect to the money paid.

I faced a little downtime with them. They said it was some maintenance work at their end. Apart from it everything is fine.

Have tested. Truth to be told I was disappointed at first. I paid but didn’t get the right services right away. But as soon as I contacted them they sort things out.

Apart from this minor thing everything was fine. No downtimes, no waiting to get things done.

A lot of people make mistakes. But doesn’t mean that they are bad. It comes to hosting services as well. The real thing is how quickly they admit their mistake and work on it to correct it. One thing that I can tell that is host is mature enough to admit it’s mistakes and work on it’s shortfalls.

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FiberState Reviews & Feedback

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I use them frequently as many of our clients also use their services. They are a very reliable service, what can I say? Some of the key factors that I appreciate about them include their user friendly interface and customer centric approach. Additionally, their troubleshooting process is straightforward; they address issues directly, no matter how challenging the situation may be. While this kind of honesty may not be appreciated by all customers, it is certainly valued among professionals.

However, FiberState services can be expensive. So, if you have a budget-sensitive customer, then it may not be the right fit for them. Yes, they offer premium services and top-notch quality, but this comes with a price. Moreover, a basic understanding of server operations, if not advanced, is required. Therefore, small businesses or administrators without a technical team and lacking the necessary knowledge may find this service unsuitable.

It may sound unusual, but FiberState is not the best option for people from all countries. Their data centers are limited, and maintenance, installations, repairs, and upgrades can be troublesome or time-consuming for some customers. I would strongly recommend contacting them directly before purchasing their services.

Apart from these considerations, all other aspects are positive, and no complaints can be made. From security measures to customer support, FiberState excels in these areas.

Here are some replies and comments from our FiberState thread in our forum.

Best non-managed service you can get. Have on of their AMD Ryzen 5700G with 8 cores, it’s on the best services I have ever used. And I have used a lot of other services.

Their support could be little bit faster. Other than that everything is 10 out of 10.

If you are into serious things and needs top-cut professional service then this is it. The services are good and if you have a team to manage these servers for you then even better. I have a two man team & they do all the work for me. Severs can take some to setup for the first time. But that’s it you should never face any problem from them after that, they are that good.

Here all everyone will point out the good ones. So, I will just talk about the bad ones. Main thing that many may face with this service is availability. There servers are limited it may not cover all the places in the world which a user may wanted. And also I think they should improve their working capability with CDN’s.

Other than this it’s one of the best Server provider I have ever came across.

I have tested them once. They are good. But I haven’t got the chance to use them personally for my own projects. The servers were delivered within the hours they were supposed to. Got up and running everything as per schedule no delays.

The thing is they don’t advertise much so many people doesn’t know about them and can become wary. I would definitely recommend it if anybody has some experience managing servers.

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Evolution Host Reviews & Feedback

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Their own site took a little bit of time to load at first, but their services are top-notch. I tested almost four different sites with varying loads, and their performance was really impressive. Although I didn’t check their gaming servers, a close friend of mine highly recommended them, so they must be good as well.

The prices are very reasonable, I would say. They can be easily compared to any cloud hosting services. If you have some technical expertise, I cannot see any problems arising while handling their services, as they also offer excellent support.

Their DDoS protections are also very easy to deploy. While their VPS’s have DDoS protection by default, it is not applicable if you are not using any of their game servers. Their VDS systems also looked very promising to me, although I haven’t had the time to test them yet. Additionally, they have a pretty decent knowledge base, which I suggest they should expand with more content because, in these types of matters, people can’t get enough.

Here are some replies and comments from our Evolution Host thread in our forum.

This service is highly recommended if you are looking for a system that will not break down in chance of any high usage or something such sort.

I have one of their VDS system. I will definitely recommend others for it. Their servers are located all around the world. So, you won’t face server location related problems.

Although it is a service of value for money. But I will recommend to those who knows what they are doing. If you know how to manage a server and what not’s then go for it.

Also their customer service could be better. I have mailed them something showing the stats of our server. And asked to do what next since it is maxing it’s limits. But they haven’t replied me back yet and it’s been 48 hours.

Excellent services.

You can depend on it to work in any condition. Not to mention their VPS’s are super duper fast compared to others.

They have a very smooth service. Had an app developed in one of their VPS’s a while ago. I loved the service. Super fast, which was a very pleasant experience since no other service was that fast while for our apps. Absolutely no down time.

I would say that their interface was a bit problem for me. But that’s just me. Too much graphics or absolutely no graphics both can create problems.

Collaborating with them for over a year felt more like being part of a cohesive business team rather than just a client and hosting company relationship. They consistently assisted me with every challenge, including issues like DDoS protection, ensuring impressive uptime, and delivering exceptional support. Their pricing is reasonable, not exorbitant, and possibly even more affordable compared to the quality of service they provide.

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HostXNow Reviews & Feedback

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One of the best and simplest-to-use services out there. If you don’t have a big budget and don’t operate a large site, then you should definitely check out this hosting. It might be just the right thing for you.

Overall, as a service, I would easily give them 4 out of 5 stars. The main thing to appreciate about them is the pricing; they are extremely cheap. Shared hosting prices are so low that if they lower them further, it would be practically zero. When it comes to VPS or Dedicated Servers, they let you know exactly what you are getting in terms of hardware, so you will know what you are paying for. These services are fully managed, so you might compare them with others and say they are a bit pricey, but since the services are good, they are well paid for, I would say.

The user interface and uptime are also good. I haven’t faced any problems regarding them. There was a little bit of an issue at first; our site was not loading correctly. But it turned out that the guilty party was the wrong version of PHP.

HostXNow comes with pretty terrific customer support as well. You just have to submit a ticket, and everything shall be resolved as soon as possible. There is no chat support, but everything is covered through their Knowledge Base.

Here are some replies and comments from our HostXNow thread in our forum.

It’s a decent host I would say. I was in their shared plan so didn’t bothered much with advance capabilities but they are good and reliable. Pricing is also cheap. The thing about them is you don’t pay much so don’t get much. And it is not in a bad way.

When in comes to VPS and Severs. They offer fully managed services which I thought at that time is a bit pricey. But hey !! If you are managing servers good then customers pay a couple of dollars. So, who am I to complain?

Their support is also good. I had to move a site to them. I submitted the ticket and they responded with detailed how-to which is a good thing. Since, then I was a newbie. But they don’t have chat support. I don’t know whether they have it or not now.

Everything is fine with them. Just their support could be better. Only tickets option was there when I had an account with them. It’s a big no no for me. But if anybody can work around this thing. Then feel free to join them. Fully managed services are also a good option if don’t want to get involved in technicalities.

For small or medium sized sites they are one of the best. That I can tell you. No, chat support yes. But they on the other hand are really cheap. And it’s not that you are hanged out to dry. They have incredible email support. Their servers are basically from UK or Europe. So, if you are a large site which expects things from Asia then you might wanna contact them first before purchasing. Otherwise, they are all good.

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MechanicWeb Reviews & Feedback

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Recently I was told about this hosting. So, I took a quick look of MechanicWeb. And I am not going to lie here but I am quite impressed. They are really cheaper and comes with good services when in comes to shared hosting.

But if VPS’s plans are considered then they are bit pricey for me. Since I have a used a lot of services and I have came across a lot of price tags. There servers are basically America and Europe based so if you are looking for something Asia specific or elsewhere then it shall disappoint you.

Anyway, good customer support as well. People who are looking to host a blog scripted by WordPress or similar then this hosting can be the perfect fit. However, I didn’t see any dedicated website builder. Maybe they come with an extra price.

Here are some replies and comments from our MechanicWeb thread in our forum.

They are rather cheap. Not pricey.

They have decent support as well. Value for money purchase, I will say.

Yes, I can assure you that they are good one.

Some times technical issues may need a hour or two to get resolved. But that’s nothing compared to their other features. I my future encounter I would want a fast technical response from them.

Apart from it. They are pretty good in every possible way.

Would you guys recommend it to newbies as well?

Yes, absolutely. In my opinion it shall be really good choice for wordpress sites or even small community boards.

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Google’s November Review 2023 Update has rolled out

Reactions, Feedback & Comments regarding Google’s November 2023 Review Update

On November 8 Google started rolling out another update along with the Google’s Core November update 2023 which started rolling on November 2. It ended rolling out 29 days later.
There are some crazy feedbacks regarding this update.
Here are some from our own forum.

Traffic is tanked for all niche sites it seems.

70% dip in traffic in our case since last week.

It took a while to understand fully what’s going on. Since the core update and the review update are rolling out simultaneously. Core updates are creating massive fluctuations but they are responsible for any kind of bad indexing or not indexing phenomenons.

In the review update we are seeing many wrong pages getting indexed and ranked. In some cases only the tags are getting indexed and not the page itself. The quality of the SERP’s hence has fallen to a new low.

Many who got hit in October are not feeling anything now after this update. Oddly many low famed tech related sites are ranking well after the core update of November.

Many are saying that forums are ranking high. I can assure you that it not the case at all for all forums. Unless they are huge in their niche.

Sites like reddit are still dominating and answers are provided from Quora.

It is planned. And the ones who are telling that it by accident or something else. Have no clue whatsoever. Quora, reddit and other sites like them are not ranking well just now. Well they are ranking pretty high since the last 2 years or so. Google used to have balance between these sites and small/medium sized niche sites. But now somehow the balance is broken. And they aren’t even trying fix it. Moreover, with each update things are only getting bad. In review update I am seeing only reviews from large sites are doing well. No, mid sized review site is present in the SERP atleast not in the first page. G is just now making it’s large advertisers happy. They aren’t here to make mid level businesses happy and they are openly showing it.

My guess is that they have a parameter set in their system. No matter what happens those sites (the big ones) will remain unchanged. And with all the messed up updates it is getting highlighted even more.

Small forums don’t even stand a chance if that what’s you are asking.

Mid and big owners are a different story. That is also depends. If a site is popular then good if not then mid or big forums also haven’t performed well.

Google’s November 2023 Core update is live

Reactions, Feedback & Comments regarding Google’s November 2023 Core Update

Google has announced that it has started rolling out a Core update in November 2023. It may take a week or two to fully roll out. Along with it Google will start rolling out another update “Google’s November Review Update 2023“, it has also announced.

As soon as the word got out, Reactions started coming in. And also, as time passed, people started seeing fluctuations visually. Some of the replies from WebmastersWorld and X.

It just gets worse and worse for us, too. The “reviews” updates hit us hard, and while we didn’t see any major gains or losses in the most recent Helpful Content Update, the core updates (including this one) have not been kind.

I wouldn’t feel entitled to complain if we were just losing rankings and traffic for random articles or minor subtopics, but it’s galling to see us losing ground for our most popular topic, where we’ve created a body of useful, regularly updated informational content over the last 2+ decades.

I get the feeling that subject expertise and experience (which have seemed to benefit us in the past) are getting less attention in the most recent updates. Contrary to what Google’s guidelines might suggest, the proof of the pudding is no longer in the E-E-A-Ting.

Running some analysis, I see that the bing/yahoo/duckduckgo traffic to my highly buyer-intent articles has skyrocketed % wise…Because Google has been sending fewer and fewer people.

My informative/not as buyer-intent focused articles have been fluctuating around +/- 10% since this particular update started.

Still hit hard after the HCU and October update, but at least November isn’t another -30% or something. The annihilation of buyer-intent articles feels rough, though. On some of them it’s 20-25% coming from other search engines. It used to be like 5%.

If you go by GA4, don’t. It is glitched right now and shows less than actual visits.

Update about my situation:

Main site was in freefall on Saturday and Sunday after reaching very high levels on Friday. It is still at around all time high levels but a lot lower than Friday. Maybe today will be better, but I don’t count on it.

Secondary sites continue to be reliably dead. Although my smallest one did show some improvement on Sunday.

What happened on Saturday/Sunday looks like partial reversal of October Core. Lots of “niche sites” and “made for affiliate” crud showed some vital signs again, unfortunately, as I was hoping those hit will stay hit forever.

There was huge collateral damage to September/October updates, including my own smaller sites, so clearly there is no magic bullet to sort out low value sites. Google is chasing their tail, although they did seem to get something sort-of-right for a fleeting moment.

Some of the replies from BlackHatWorld.

More spam and old Reddit articles are ranking high in my main niche. Curiously enough, a site in the gaming niche that happens to have a random page in the niche I’m in is ranking above mine.

The content on it is absolute garbage, it reads as though it’s been written after a few Jack and cokes.

Lost ~25 to 30% in October, got about half of that back so far. Let’s see how the rest of it goes.

And some of the replies from our own forum.

Google is just punishing niche based sites. They are not targeting any big ones which specializes in nothing but have articles of everything. If you are a site in a niche which you probably are then it’s time to go global field wise. Otherwise, you won’t be able to compete.

Forbes and other big sites. Just have many pages which are one sentence or two sentence article. Yet, they are able to go and win against the most prominent info pages of any specific niche. I remember G said that G don’t value domain but pages. Then how come this is happening?

A friend of mine have a eCommerce site which has many sub-domains. Suddenly, one of them is ranking high. I mean it is at the top now. And the sub-domain is not even completely built it just for support purposes for customers.

I mean seeing Quora and Reddit for queries which aren’t even right for the query in the SERP’s. It’s an absolute mess. G is simply giving wrong answers now.

I can confirm this with our own ecommerce site’s fluctuations. They are not sub-domains, yes not all of them but some.

Google is very selective. It’s like they are giving ranks to the small sites which queries posses no value of money.

This month is supposed to be the earning month. But instead it’s quite the opposite.

December 2022 Google’s Link Spam Update

We quickly found that many are complaining about Google is not being fair. Many complained that they haven’t bought any links & are not part of any link exchange schemes.

There was a lot of fluctuation in the SERP’s lately. Specially since December 13. Many even suspected whether or not there is an update going on. Like this one in our forum.

Either another update is incoming or this present one is a mess.

Huge amount of bot activity on many sites.

Traffic is also a bit up but for a thin margin.

Later, Google Search Liason confirmed that there is indeed an update. As soon as we started reading some comments and reactions. We quickly found that many are complaining about Google is not being fair. Many complained that they haven’t bought any links & are not part of any link exchange schemes. Since,this update unlike the previous Google update will use an AI (Spam Brain).

Here are some replies from Webmaster World.

Is that the 2398th or 2399th time Google has told us spam links will no longer work?

My take: If all the links on your pages, internal and external, are either navigational, directly supporting the topic of the page(a resource to learn more etc.) or a citation, you’re fine. I think they’ve said this 500 times, too.

What I really wanted to say: Spam Brain is such a perfect name. It tries to sound smart… but there’s still spam in there. It’s like saying “Spanish Blue Eyes”, is the blue Spanish, or are the blue eyes Spanish? Thanks for the Brain made of spam?

Translated: Google has a thing that’s doing a thing, and they won’t give us the instruction manual or tell us specifically how it works. Deja-vu.

A dedicated AI on link spam is likely to be more efficient than previous attempts.

What’ll be interesting to see is how deep or shallow the parameters are set. We should watch this space for casualties which will give us an indication.

Traffic is all over the place…skyrocketing the first half of the day, then dropping off a cliff suddenly. My home page and major landing pages all taking major hits in traffic, -80% some days, then reverting back to normal, then dropping again…on and off for almost two weeks already. Yesterday UK traffic suddenly turned off entirely and was -45% by day’s end…today USA traffic was down by 72% this morn. Meanwhile, visits to individual content pages are still fairly strong.

Visits to individual pages (“one hit wonders”) are almost always lower quality searches and traffic…they rarely result in sales / conversions. Home page and landing page traffic result from more important high volume searches, and that is what is clearly being siphoned off with these latest moves by Google

Some of the replies in BHW.

It’s just a rehash of what big G has been saying for at least a decade, but with the addition of ‘AI’ to scare people into thinking they’re suddenly all-knowing.

you know what I mean – – it’s not about making an emotional argument for/against Google, the SERPs are proof of Google’s competency. Rationally, after perusing search results across niches, does anyone here honestly feel that Google is doing a great job when it comes to relevance?

I’m not even hating on Google, perhaps if they just owned up and said “hey, we try to implement some stuff, but it’s 50-50, sometimes it works, sometimes we tank sites unintentionally.

Some of the replies in our forum.

Here in UK, the Wednesday started a bit usual. Nothing much to observe. Although I was seeing a decent amount of traffic which has higher bounce rate.

But after a couple hours later. Things tend to unfold. Traffic tanked or fell of a cliff. Then again hours later at night, to some point traffic did came back. And overall traffic was the same for whole day.

Also I would like to mention that didn’t Google recently said that they no longer consider link as main thing to evaluate any page ?! Now they are producing this link related update. What a load of bull cr*p.

The thing is G is trying desperately to take attention of the public from the real issue with these updates. The actual reason behind these updates is that. G don’t want us to talk about the Search Results which are filled with ads. And very low on actual organic results.

Indeed I am only seeing Chinese products now in the results specifically to say ads.

Many are also complaining that their pages are bombarded with Chinese traffic. This is also harming the overall conversion of any page.

For indexing issues it is advised that you submit your pages to different social channels and content sharing sites (social bookmarking sites, directory submission sites, blog submission sites). They shall help you.

December 2022 Google’s Helpful Content Update

We looked into the public reactions in public forums and social media. It looks like Google this time has managed to get a mixed reaction.

As soon as Google Search Liaison twitted about the update reactions from all across the world started coming in. Although people were talking about some unknown update since the last few days.

We looked into the public reactions in public forums and social media. It looks like Google this time has managed to get a mixed reaction. There are a number of people those who are so not happy about this. Their rankings have fallen off a cliff. But there is also a handful of people who are saying that their rankings have improved since the update started rolling out.

The majority of the sites which have taken a hit badly are small sites specially blogs or smaller affiliate sites. But there are some big sites as well. Have a look at these tweets.

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Here are some replies from Webmaster World.

My guess is this update will have the opposite effect of its name, being hurtful to pages with unique content, products, services, etc. But I’m sure it does help shape the reality of webmasters when they use names like “helpful” or cute & cuddly creatures like a Panda and so on. It’s been years since Google released an update that actually helped us, but judging by Google’s profits the updates sure helped them.

I am seeing a huge hit today…my USA traffic is down 54% this morning. Ex-USA seems to be steady. Previously I have seen al EN language traffic very rocky, surging one day, dropping the next…but USA has been affected the most. I have lost a considerable number of top 10 ranking terms today alone, both mobile and desktop.

It is not helpfull Content update, it is: HELP google get FULL Control update

Some of the replies from our own forum’s google update discussion.

Organic traffic has dropped of a cliff.

We are just holding onto direct and referral traffic.

Back then gaming niche was fine.

But now it’s not. Weekend traffic has fallen to 50%. And even week day traffic is down by a lot.

Some of the replies in Black Hat World.

Interesting, my site that got hit on September 13th (I’ve lost track of which update was named what, have to go by dates) seems to be doing a bit better today. I did some improvements to it, not as much as I wanted to, still some thin content on there but I’ve lost motivation for now. Let’s see what happens in the coming days. Anything is a bonus, I’ve kinda written it off.

I was wondering why my one of my non-English PAA sites, who’s had a nice growth over the last month, suddenly took a nose-dive yesterday…I didn’t know there had been an update, but that explains it. And here I was sitting and preparing to hit 50k sessions next week so I could apply for Mediavine

We have noticed that many are also facing an indexing issue in Google. Our suggestion is that submit your pages to social channels and different content sharing sites (social bookmarking sites, directory submission sites, blog submission sites) as well. They may speed up the process of indexing.