Rate Point?

From a consumer standpoint, finding reliable hosting reviews can be a daunting task.

Most review sites, (or atleast the ones indexed on Page 1 of Google under most popular "host review" keywords) always display some sort of "Top Ten List" of hosts, which is always a paid advertising spot. Depending on the management of the review site itself, you'll often find fake and shill reviews as domain name verification isn't used to make sure the reviewer actually has an account or had an account at the company they're reviewing!

I'm not familiar with RatePoint, but reading short comments like, "I've been with [insert host name] for 5 months and there service rocks!" doesn't help me, it doesn't really help consumers. I understand the business aspect of it, and realize the importance of keeping up a good public image, but the service itself (as someone else mentioned) isn't up to par to be a reliable review service for the web hosting industry.

Just some late night (early morning) rambles.
 
I have never used it and don't know what it is. But If its a review site I wont belive anything from it due to the fact that its a review site and you pay to have reviews on the site posted if Im correct.
 
Before purchasing some products or services online (say a web hosting service), I always check reviews on the products, services or companies offering them. I understand that the reviews maybe biased and done for some fee, but it's really hard to find honest reviews today.
 
RatePoint is almost like BBB, customers can submit negative reviews or start a dispute that could potentially kill the ratings of the vendor. Keeps the vendor in check ;)
 
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