Terms of use
Last updated: July 3, 2026
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Best Hosting Guide, the website operated at best-hosting-guide.com. By visiting, reading, or otherwise using this site, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, your remedy is to stop using the site.
We have written these terms to be as clear and specific as possible. Legal documents that obscure their meaning in generic language do not serve the people they are supposed to inform. If anything in these terms is unclear or you have a question about how a particular provision applies to your situation, contact us at besthostingguide@gmail.com.
These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Comments Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Best Hosting Guide regarding your use of this site.
Section 1: What Best Hosting Guide is and what we do
Best Hosting Guide is an independent editorial website. We publish reviews, comparisons, tutorials, guides, and informational articles about web hosting services for a general audience. Our content covers shared hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, cloud hosting, dedicated hosting, domain registration, business email hosting, website migration, and related topics that affect anyone who needs to get a website online and keep it operating reliably.
We are not a web hosting company. We do not sell, operate, resell, or support web hosting services. We do not act as a technical support resource for hosting products. We are a media and publishing operation with a specific subject focus.
Our editorial mission is to help individuals, freelancers, and small business owners understand a complex and often misleading market. Web hosting is an industry characterized by promotional pricing that can differ dramatically from renewal pricing, by technical marketing language that obscures meaningful product differences, and by review content that is frequently influenced by affiliate commission structures. We aim to publish content that helps readers cut through that complexity and make informed decisions.
Section 2: Intellectual property rights
2.1 Ownership of original content
All original content created by and published on Best Hosting Guide is protected by copyright under the United States Copyright Act (Title 17, United States Code) and applicable international copyright treaties and conventions. Original content includes the text of our articles, reviews, comparisons, and guides; original images, graphics, and visual assets created by our team; the organization, selection, and arrangement of content on the site; and the design, layout, and structure of the site itself.
The copyright in this original content is owned by Best Hosting Guide or, in the case of content created by contributors, licensed to Best Hosting Guide by the content creator.
2.2 What you may and may not do with our content
You may read, view, and use the information on this site for personal, non-commercial, informational purposes. You may share links to our articles on social media, in email, or in other contexts.
You may not reproduce, copy, republish, distribute, display, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from any content on this site without our prior written permission, except as expressly permitted by fair use under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
Fair use permits you to quote brief excerpts of our content for the purposes of commentary, criticism, news reporting, education, or research, provided that: the excerpt is brief and constitutes a small portion of the overall work; you attribute the excerpt to Best Hosting Guide with a clear reference to the specific article; and you include a link to the original article if the quotation appears in a digital medium where linking is possible.
Reproducing entire articles, substantial portions of articles, or complete sections of our guides, even with attribution, is not permitted without our written permission. Reproducing content from this site for commercial purposes, including publishing it on competitor review sites, is not permitted.
If you wish to license content from Best Hosting Guide for reproduction in a publication, newsletter, research paper, or other work, contact us at besthostingguide@gmail.com to request permission. We evaluate licensing requests on a case-by-case basis.
2.3 Trademark references and third-party brand names
In the course of reviewing and discussing web hosting products, we necessarily reference the names, trademarks, logos, and branded features of web hosting companies, software products, and related services. These references are made for editorial and informational purposes in the context of legitimate product review and comparison.
All trademarks, service marks, and trade names referenced on this site are the property of their respective owners. Our use of these marks for editorial reference does not constitute trademark infringement, dilution, or false association. It does not imply any endorsement of Best Hosting Guide by the brand owner, nor any affiliation between Best Hosting Guide and the brand owner beyond what we explicitly disclose.
2.4 User-submitted content license
When you submit a comment or other content to this site, you grant Best Hosting Guide a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to publish, display, archive, and distribute that content in connection with the operation of this site. You retain full ownership of the content you submit. By submitting content, you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant this license, that the content is your original work or you have permission to submit it, and that the content does not violate any third-party rights.
We may display your submitted comment alongside the name or pseudonym you provided and may attribute it to you in summaries or editorial discussions of reader feedback.
If you request removal of a comment you submitted, we will process that request within thirty days. See our Comments Policy for more detail on the moderation process.
Section 3: Affiliate relationships and advertising disclosures
3.1 Nature of our affiliate relationships
Best Hosting Guide participates in affiliate marketing programs operated by web hosting companies and related service providers. Affiliate programs work as follows: we publish content about hosting providers; that content may include links to those providers’ websites; when a reader clicks one of those links and subsequently purchases a hosting plan or service, the hosting provider pays us a commission. The commission is paid by the provider, not by the reader. The price you pay for a hosting product is the same whether you reach the provider’s website through a link on this site or through any other channel.
We have affiliate relationships with multiple hosting providers. As of the publication of this policy, we have relationships with or have historically reviewed providers including but not limited to major shared hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, and cloud hosting companies operating in the United States market.
3.2 What our affiliate relationships do not affect
Our affiliate relationships do not determine which hosting providers we review. We review providers based on their market presence, their relevance to our readers’ needs, and our editorial judgment about what comparisons and guides are most useful.
Our affiliate relationships do not determine how we rate hosting providers, which providers we recommend, or what conclusions we reach in our reviews and comparisons. We do not accept payment from hosting providers in exchange for positive reviews, higher ratings, or favorable editorial coverage. We do not guarantee coverage of any specific provider in exchange for an affiliate relationship.
Where a hosting provider we have an affiliate relationship with performs poorly in our evaluation, we publish that finding. Where a hosting provider we do not have an affiliate relationship with performs well, we may recommend it without receiving any compensation for that recommendation.
3.3 FTC disclosure compliance
We make these disclosures in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 CFR Part 255), which require that material connections between an endorser or reviewer and the subject of a review be clearly and conspicuously disclosed. Our disclosure on specific pages with affiliate links is made in or near the content containing those links.
We also comply with equivalent disclosure requirements in other jurisdictions where applicable.
Section 4: Accuracy of information and editorial limitations
4.1 The nature of web hosting information
Web hosting is a dynamic market. Hosting providers change their pricing, plan structures, feature sets, promotional offers, terms of service, refund policies, and technical specifications with varying frequency and without always providing advance notice. Pricing structures in particular are subject to frequent change, with promotional introductory rates that differ significantly from renewal rates, and with rates that differ based on contract length, billing cycle, and specific promotional periods.
As a result of this dynamic, specific details in our reviews and comparisons, including pricing figures, specific feature inclusions, plan names, and terms of service provisions, can become outdated. We make a good-faith, ongoing effort to keep our content current by reviewing and updating articles regularly. However, we cannot guarantee that every specific detail is accurate at the moment you read it.
4.2 Our editorial commitment
We commit to the following editorial standards: we conduct independent research before publishing reviews and comparisons; we base our conclusions on the information available to us at the time of writing rather than on payments from hosting providers; we update articles when we become aware of material inaccuracies; and we disclose our affiliate relationships as described in Section 3.
4.3 Verification before purchasing
Before making any hosting purchase based on information on this site, we strongly encourage you to verify all specific details directly with the hosting provider on their official website. This is particularly important for: current pricing and promotional offers; renewal pricing at the end of your initial term; features included in specific plan tiers; contract terms and auto-renewal policies; refund policies and their exact conditions; and any technical specifications critical to your website’s requirements.
Nothing on this site constitutes a guarantee, warranty, or promise that a hosting provider will perform as described, that a pricing offer will be available when you attempt to purchase, or that your experience with a hosting provider will match what our review describes. Our reviews and guides reflect our research and analysis at the time of publication.
Section 5: Advertising on this site
5.1 Google AdSense
This site displays advertising through the Google AdSense program operated by Google LLC. Google AdSense places advertisements on pages of this site based on the content of the page and on inferred interests of the visitor derived from their browsing history. Best Hosting Guide does not select the specific advertisements that appear on any given page. Advertising placement decisions are made by Google’s automated systems.
Advertisers in Google’s network pay Google for their advertising placements. A portion of that revenue is shared with Best Hosting Guide as the publisher. The presence of advertising on this site does not mean Best Hosting Guide endorses the advertised product, service, or company.
5.2 Distinguishing advertising from editorial content
We maintain a clear separation between advertising and editorial content. Advertisements are identified as such by Google’s standard ad labeling. Editorial content, including our reviews, comparisons, and guides, is produced by our editorial team based on independent research and analysis and is not influenced by which advertisers happen to be active on the site at any given time.
5.3 Sponsored content
We do not currently publish sponsored content, meaning content for which a hosting provider or other third party has paid in exchange for the content being published on this site. We reserve the right to publish sponsored content in the future. Any sponsored content we publish will be prominently labeled as sponsored in compliance with FTC guidelines and will be clearly distinguished from our independent editorial content.
Section 6: User conduct
By accessing this site, you agree not to engage in the following conduct:
Automated scraping or harvesting: Using bots, spiders, crawlers, scrapers, or any automated tool to access, copy, index, or harvest content from this site without our explicit written permission. We provide content for human readers. Automated access without permission is a violation of these terms and may violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and similar laws.
Interference with site operations: Attempting to interfere with, disrupt, or damage the operation of this site or its supporting infrastructure, including through denial-of-service attacks, injection of malicious code, or exploitation of security vulnerabilities.
Unauthorized access: Attempting to gain access to any portion of this site, its servers, or any system or network connected to it that you are not authorized to access.
Misrepresentation in interactive features: Submitting false or misleading information through any interactive feature of this site, including the contact form and comment sections. This includes presenting yourself as an independent customer when you have a commercial relationship with a hosting provider, and submitting fabricated reviews or testimonials.
Circumventing geographic restrictions: Using technical means to circumvent any geographic restrictions we may implement in connection with advertising compliance requirements or legal obligations.
Commercial use without permission: Using this site or its content for commercial purposes not expressly permitted by these terms, including republishing our content on commercial review or comparison sites.
Section 7: Disclaimer of warranties
This site and its content are provided on an as-is and as-available basis. Best Hosting Guide makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding this site or its content, including but not limited to:
Accuracy and completeness: We do not warrant that the information on this site is accurate, complete, current, or free from errors or omissions.
Fitness for a particular purpose: We do not warrant that the content of this site is suitable for your specific use case or hosting decision.
Uninterrupted availability: We do not warrant that this site will be available at all times or that access to it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free from security vulnerabilities.
Third-party content: We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information on third-party websites linked from this site.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all implied warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, are disclaimed.
Section 8: Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Best Hosting Guide, its operators, editorial team, contributors, affiliates, and agents shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from or related to:
Your use of or inability to use this site or its content.
Any hosting purchasing decision you make based on information published on this site.
Any loss of data, revenue, business opportunities, or profits resulting from a hosting provider’s performance, regardless of whether we reviewed that provider.
Any technical issues, service interruptions, billing disputes, security incidents, or data breaches experienced with a hosting provider.
Any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in our content.
Any interruption or cessation of this site’s availability.
This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory under which the claim is brought, whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise, and even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing in these terms limits our liability for fraud or for any liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
Section 9: Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Best Hosting Guide and its operators, editorial team, contributors, affiliates, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, and fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your violation of these Terms of Use, your use of this site, content you submit to this site, or your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.
Section 10: Third-party services and external links
This site contains hyperlinks to external websites, including websites of web hosting providers reviewed or discussed in our content. These links are provided for your convenience and for reference purposes.
Best Hosting Guide does not control external websites and is not responsible for their availability, accuracy, security, content, privacy practices, or terms of service. The inclusion of a link on this site does not constitute an endorsement of the linked website, its operators, or its content.
When you click a link to an external website, you leave best-hosting-guide.com. The external site’s own terms of use, privacy policy, and security practices apply from that point. We encourage you to review the terms and privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information or making a purchase.
We are not responsible for and have no control over advertisements or content on external websites linked from this site, even if those websites are operated by hosting providers that have affiliate relationships with Best Hosting Guide.
Section 11: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) compliance
Best Hosting Guide respects intellectual property rights and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). If you believe that content on this site infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice containing the following information to besthostingguide@gmail.com:
Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. Identification of the specific content on this site that you claim is infringing, with enough detail to allow us to locate it. Your contact information, including name, address, telephone number, and email address. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
We will respond to valid DMCA notices by investigating the claim and, where appropriate, removing or disabling access to the allegedly infringing content.
Section 12: Modifications to this site and these terms
We reserve the right to modify, update, expand, or discontinue any aspect of this site at any time without prior notice. We may add features, remove features, change the site’s design, or temporarily or permanently take the site offline.
We reserve the right to update these Terms of Use at any time. Changes take effect immediately upon publication of the updated terms at this page. We will update the Last updated date at the top of this page when changes occur. Your continued use of this site after any change to these terms constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms. If you disagree with updated terms, you must stop using this site.
We encourage you to review these terms periodically.
Section 13: Governing law and dispute resolution
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the United States and applicable state law, without regard to conflict of law principles.
Any dispute arising from or related to these terms or your use of this site that cannot be resolved informally through direct communication with us shall be subject to binding individual arbitration administered under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Class action arbitration is not permitted. Nothing in this arbitration provision prevents either party from seeking injunctive or equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property rights.
Nothing in these terms prevents you from filing a complaint with a consumer protection agency, data protection authority, or other regulatory body in your jurisdiction.
Section 14: Accessibility
We are committed to making this site accessible to the widest possible audience, including people with disabilities. We work to ensure that the content, navigation, and interactive features of this site meet or approach the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA.
Our accessibility efforts include using semantic HTML markup that is compatible with screen readers, providing descriptive alternative text for meaningful images, ensuring that the site can be navigated using a keyboard without a mouse, maintaining sufficient color contrast between text and background, and ensuring that text can be resized without breaking the site layout.
We recognize that accessibility is an ongoing process rather than a one-time achievement. If you encounter an accessibility barrier on this site, we want to know about it. Contact us at besthostingguide@gmail.com with a description of the barrier and the page where you encountered it.
We will investigate and work to address the issue.
We also welcome feedback about the clarity and readability of our content. Our goal is to make web hosting information accessible to readers without technical backgrounds, and we appreciate input about where we have fallen short of that goal.
Section 15: Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable under applicable law, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or if modification is not possible, severed from these terms. The remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Section 15: Waiver
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use at any time does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.
Section 16: Contact
For questions, concerns, or requests related to these Terms of Use:
Best Hosting Guide
besthostingguide@gmail.com
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We will acknowledge your message within five business days.