Google DREAMHOST SUCKS

and then google '[one of its competitors] SUCK' and see the difference. This place really is a joke. Ignore the cheerleaders looking to maximize their referral dollars.

Edited by cbfhuy1234 on 04/28/08 09:34 AM (server time).

Thanks for that. Please call again soon.

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Please get a life. Cheers.

I thought it would be interesting to do a comparison between the counts of <hostname> vs <hostname> sucks. Now, I'm not ascribing any statistical significance to my methods nor to the relevance of the statistic itself, but here are my semi-anonymized results:

	            base	sucks	ratio
dreamhost	 4,600,000	 75000	1.6%
<host1>	         1,100,000	 33000	3.0%
<host2>	         2,000,000	 17000	0.9%
<host3>	         8,900,000	103000	1.2%
<host4>	         1,600,000	 36000	2.3%
	        18,200,000	264000	1.5%

BTW, for the record and just in case this post might actually have been appropriate in "A forum for potential DreamHost customers to ask current customers about their likes, dislikes, and general impressions with the service.", I don't recommend using this method for selecting a new web host.

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Edited by lensman on 04/28/08 11:44 AM (server time).

Just for kicks...

Google search

"dreamhost sucks": 3700
"[host1] sucks": 653
"[host2] sucks": 68
"[host3] sucks": 2
"[host4] sucks": 6860
"[host5] sucks": 0

1 and 1 sucks - 2,920,000
network solutions sucks - 140,000
godaddy sucks - 86,600

dreamhost rocks - 469,000

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BTW, it is my assertion that the ratio of base references to "sucks" pages is normalizes popular vs. obscure web hosts. "obscurewebhostthatnooneknowsabout sucks" will obviously have few to no hits, while g*d*ddy will have the most.

I think Dreamhost does well in this googlefight despite recent googlebomb-like campaigns that increase the number references to the phrase - for instance by registering domain names with the phrase, for instance. :) It is my belief that such systematic bias can be alleviated a bit by not using the literal phrase but rather just the two search terms. This technique can obviously be argued.

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I am not so sure that Google is very accurate.

The entry 'Dreamhost does not suck' would be included in the same count as 'Dreamhost does suck'.

90% of the Google Dreamhost entries could be positive sucks!

Google 'pipe cleaner suck' and you get 503,000. Can people really hate pipe cleaners that much.

Google 'vacuum cleaner suck' only gets 259,000. You would have expected something that really does suck to get more sucks.

Heaven only knows why Google 'Mother Theresa suck' gets 170,000 entries unless you just cannot satisfy everybody.

Google 'norm1037 suck' managed 4! Perhaps I would be a great hosting company.

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Norm

Opinions are my own views, not DreamHosts'.
I am NOT a DreamHost employee OK! mad

Act on my advice at your own risk!

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Google 'norm1037 suck[s]' managed 4! Perhaps I would be a great hosting company.

Better than Lensman hosting, apparently. And you're up to 5 now, thanks to your self-promotion, if you'd call it that.

-Scott

Those numbers are meaningless, pls!!!!

The original poster does not appear to be a customer. Perhaps he would like to offer the name of his domain? I myself am really angry at "Yoku Moku" a brand of japanese cookies that I have never tried.

[mad face]

Get a life from the guy hopping on a Forum for customers who seem satisfied with their host (I would assume at least as they are still here) to say that it sucks.... This is much the equivalent of going to a Ford dealership and screaming "FORDS SUCK" but at least in that situation the person usually follows it with "BUY A CHEVEY" so we know where their preference lies. You don't even give the name of the host you think is so amazing by comparison.

It "sucks" at times that some Dreamhost services are down (which would get a hit for "Dreamhost sucks") but that doesn't mean the company sucks. I still recommend Dreamhost to all my friends.

Lord Eirias Said :
"I still recommend Dreamhost to all my friends."

true....i recommend it too to all of my friends, its just that people don't actually see how much they pay!..they want to get everythin for as little as possible! so stop all the crap about dream host sucks...type tarek sucks on google...you get 10...that means that its only 10 people which say i suck....ain't I loved by the people!....get a life!

There's a difference between googling "dreamhost sucks" within quotes versus dreamhost sucks without quotes.

omg.....someone have to ban that lifeless poster!

get a life dude!

dreamhost sucks without quotes - 51,600
dreamhost sucks with quotes - 51,400

It seems you are right!

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So I've managed to normalize out the effects of certain websites designed to drive up the phrase references. As it turns out, links to that site represented 80% of the references, a pretty remarkable number.

I'm pretty sure the OP is a man with an agenda who is simply looking for data to back up a claim rather than a reasonable (and reasoning) person who is willing to look at data objectively.

Again, I don't endorse this method of choosing a web host because it's pretty unscientific and very subject to manipulation. I have 7 or 11,400 references depending on who you're asking. :)

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He made it his life goal to dis DH to everyone. Funny stuff smile

I don't think the total results of google search is fair.

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I am not so sure that Google is very accurate.

The entry 'Dreamhost does not suck' would be included in the same count as 'Dreamhost does suck'.

90% of the Google Dreamhost entries could be positive sucks!

Google 'pipe cleaner suck' and you get 503,000. Can people really hate pipe cleaners that much.

Google 'vacuum cleaner suck' only gets 259,000. You would have expected something that really does suck to get more sucks.

Heaven only knows why Google 'Mother Theresa suck' gets 170,000 entries unless you just cannot satisfy everybody.

Google 'norm1037 suck' managed 4! Perhaps I would be a great hosting company.

Hahaha. Enough said.

Ya I get haters like this on my blog too, I'm not sure where the anger comes from. Its not like Dreamhost is the only host I'm using, so its not like "I don't know what I'm missing" There was a couple weeks recently when my sites slowed down, but Dreamhost still has options & choices that simply weren't available at similarly priced hosts (and when I say similarly priced, I mean they cost more.)

Now, I'll be glad to take your referral dollars. ;)

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try googling google sucks :D
197,000 for "google sucks".

Can't you even google properly?

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q="dreamhost+sucks"&meta=

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=dreamhost+sucks&meta=

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Can't you even google properly?

Can't you even think properly?

I realize trolls are never bright, but you can't really be that stupid, can you?

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Can't you even think properly?

I do wonder why I've stopped getting replies to my posts. Perhaps because he knows he's outclassed by my mastery of statistical methods? (and I'm not even particularly masterful)

(perhaps this raw taunt will get some response, though I suspect it's a mistake because it will provoke an emotional response rather than the intellectual one I'm hoping for)

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(perhaps this raw taunt will get some response, though I suspect it's a mistake because it will provoke an emotional response rather than the intellectual one I'm hoping for)

It provoked a response from you. wink

-Scott

A former blingy cluster customer.

bye bye

Yeah, that proves a lot.

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Can't you even google properly?

My apologies. I had not realized that you were so mentally-retarded. I promise to use childishly-obvious sarcasm from now on, in the hope that you won't have so much trouble recognizing it.

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