Take The Annual WPShout Webhosting Survey

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Since 2011, WPShout has conducted a comprehensive, non-biased, webhosting survey. Although the site has changed hands, Fred Meyer and David Hayes are continuing the tradition and the survey questions are ready to fill out. There are four required questions with no identifiable information required to submit your answers. The survey is aimed at figuring out the following information:

Reliability
Speed
Usability
Support
Value
WordPress compatibility

The data will be collected, collated, and openly shared to the community for individual analysis. In 2013, 214 people participated in the survey. The goal for 2015, is 500. Most users who run a self-hosted WordPress site also have a webhosting account. This is a chance to share your experience with that company for the benefit of others.

It’s hard to find good information about webhosting companies without running into reviews filled with affiliate links. If you have a few minutes to spare, please take the survey and help spread the word.

Category: News

Tags: survey, webhosting, wpshout

11 responses to “Take The Annual WPShout Webhosting Survey”

David Hayes says:

September 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM

Thanks so much for spreading the word, Jeff! We really appreciated it.

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johncoleman24 says:

September 12, 2014 at 11:52 AM

I would love to see the survey from last year. Any trends worth noting?

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fredwpshout says:

September 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM

Thanks so much for the writeup, Jeff! We’re excited to get the review out, and are hoping to get enough results to take a really thorough look at the space.

John: Here’s the link to last year’s summary of results. For trends, I suppose I’d say that “boutique” shared hosts generally won out over the shared hosting giants. Would be interested to hear what you find in the results!

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- Robin says:
  
  September 12, 2014 at 3:04 PM
  
  The link to the raw data (in google drive) says that it is in the acct owner’s trash and will not be available soon. Would you mind removing it from trash? Thanks
  
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  - fredwpshout says:
    
    September 12, 2014 at 3:17 PM
    
    Link should be fixed; have a look?
    
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    - Robin says:
      
      September 12, 2014 at 3:28 PM
      
      yup, fixed now, thanks Fred.
      
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Brent says:

September 12, 2014 at 8:14 PM

Just checked last year’s results and it’s sad that quite a lot of people were (or maybe are still) hosting with Bluehost, HG, GoDaddy, etc.

I will take the survey later today, thanks for sharing the link! :)

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Steven Gliebe says:

September 16, 2014 at 11:34 AM

I’m looking forward to the results and in particular comparing them to what I’ve been finding with my HostingReviews.io tweet sentiment project. It’s looking a lot like the managed WP-only hosts really are a better choice than virtually all shared hosts (Flywheel, Pagely, Pantheon and WP Engine in particular). They’re maturing.

Off to take the survey!

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Tricia Reilly Miller says:

September 26, 2014 at 6:52 PM

When are you looking to close the survey? I’d love to promote this to our WP user base.

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- Jeff Chandler says:
  
  September 26, 2014 at 6:57 PM
  
  I don’t know when they plan on closing the survey but it’s still open for responses right now.
  
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- fredwpshout says:
  
  September 26, 2014 at 7:03 PM
  
  Hi guys,
  
  It’s open until October 14. Tricia, promote away and thank you so much!
  
  Fred
  
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