You know the trend of new companies stealing content from bigger and more established firms? Yes, that one. A month-old company that wants to sound like a big industry player. I personally find it not only ridiculously funny, but very sad at the same time. Why do these companies have to go to the extent of stealing information and presenting themselves as something they are not, when it would seem they would do so much better and be so much more attractive to potential customers if they would be honest and say: "Sure, we are a recent startup, but we try hard and we know how to earn your business." Just because they have nothing to say, or don't know how to say it, doesn't mean they should steal the wording from others.
The other day I got attracted to 2 particular sales threads on another forum that came from companies that doesn't necessarily oversell as big as other outlets. After looking at their sites, it was clear they didn't put too much effort into them, but when I clicked on their About pages - it hit me - suddenly those companies sounded way too serious. I was very much impressed. So out of my best intentions of proving myself wrong of such stereotype, I headed to Copyscape.com. The result was, well, the stolen content from other more established firms.
From a customer perspective (and I am talking for myself only), when I consider a hosting company, the quality and the state of their website matters to me just as it matters what the quality of their hosting services might be. So just as I would ask about their uptime or speed of their support desk, I publicly asked both of these companies why their content was stolen (and obviously provided links to the original). That seemed reasonable enough to me. The result was one of those infamous instances when you realize you are dealing with a non-professional outlet run by the under-aged kid. Instead of addressing the problem and answering the question, I got one of those "mind your own business" answers: "don't ask irrelevant to sales questions!"
Fine, I wasn't going to argue, but what was impressive is how quickly other "kid" operators jumped in their defense, asking me to F.O. And, surely enough, a complaint sent by sales thread author earned me an infraction from moderators (still turns my stomach every time I think about), and my post was deleted.
Seeing how unionized the reaction of these kiddie operators was, and knowing that someone who steals will not get much support here at HostingDiscussion, I decided to post the same examples here. Maybe I am in the wrong - you be the judge if the content is stolen or not. But you are definitely not getting the answer from them.
ORIGINAL:
ORIGINAL:
http://www.greenlush.com/company
STOLEN:
http://www.plusbrain.com/about.htm
Both Company Information and Focus - too much too copy.
The other day I got attracted to 2 particular sales threads on another forum that came from companies that doesn't necessarily oversell as big as other outlets. After looking at their sites, it was clear they didn't put too much effort into them, but when I clicked on their About pages - it hit me - suddenly those companies sounded way too serious. I was very much impressed. So out of my best intentions of proving myself wrong of such stereotype, I headed to Copyscape.com. The result was, well, the stolen content from other more established firms.
From a customer perspective (and I am talking for myself only), when I consider a hosting company, the quality and the state of their website matters to me just as it matters what the quality of their hosting services might be. So just as I would ask about their uptime or speed of their support desk, I publicly asked both of these companies why their content was stolen (and obviously provided links to the original). That seemed reasonable enough to me. The result was one of those infamous instances when you realize you are dealing with a non-professional outlet run by the under-aged kid. Instead of addressing the problem and answering the question, I got one of those "mind your own business" answers: "don't ask irrelevant to sales questions!"
Fine, I wasn't going to argue, but what was impressive is how quickly other "kid" operators jumped in their defense, asking me to F.O. And, surely enough, a complaint sent by sales thread author earned me an infraction from moderators (still turns my stomach every time I think about), and my post was deleted.
Seeing how unionized the reaction of these kiddie operators was, and knowing that someone who steals will not get much support here at HostingDiscussion, I decided to post the same examples here. Maybe I am in the wrong - you be the judge if the content is stolen or not. But you are definitely not getting the answer from them.
ORIGINAL:
STOLEN:http://www.platinumservermanagement.com/AboutUs.html
(first sentence) PlatinumServerManagement, formerly known as FastServerManagement, is the pioneer in providing low cost and full featured server management & monitoring services.
(last paragraph) Our incredibly low rates make server management and monitoring affordable for everyone. We realize the need for you to keep your expenses down, and therefore we take that into consideration in our pricing structure. Although our pricing structure is incredibly low, our service is 'top-notch', we GUARANTEE it! Take a look at some of our most recent Testimonials.
http://www.tech4server.com/about.php
Tech4server.com, is looking forward to be the pioneer in providing low cost and full featured server management & monitoring services. Our team offers production level administration services for business minded individuals.
We support customers that are located all around the world, and in any data center. Our incredibly low rates make server management and monitoring affordable for everyone. Tech4server realizes the need for you to keep your expenses down, and therefore we take that into consideration in our pricing structure.
ORIGINAL:
http://www.greenlush.com/company
STOLEN:
http://www.plusbrain.com/about.htm
Both Company Information and Focus - too much too copy.