Having a hosting company with a blog?

[Belthazar]

Some hosting companies have a webmaster type blog attached. Do you like this idea? Would it make you any more likely to buy someone's hosting service if they had a blog?

 

[JewishPoptart89]

When I release my company it'll have a blog, or rather, link to an external blog cover crap load of tech things.

 

[Thomasss]

Some hosting companies have a webmaster type blog attached. Do you like this idea? Would it make you any more likely to buy someone's hosting service if they had a blog?

I think my hosting company has one, Inmotion Hosting. I know they Tweet about a lot of tips and tricks and webmaster articles.

And yeah, depending on the qaulity of the articles, it would show they know what they're doing to a point. Like, they understand the webmaster point of view which almost makes their support team human. (chuckle) I suppose, they're more involved with their company and their customers than simply putting up a website and telling people to host with them.

 

[The]

Yes, my hosting company has a Twitter account with small tips and tricks (and occasionally a discount or something ). I'm not one to follow my Twitter feed that much anyway, so it doesn't make too much of a difference to me. That being said, I do think it personalises the company - regulars might pick up on the odd in-joke, new people might pick up some useful tips - and makes people feel more inclined to returning to the hosting company, rather than shopping around elsewhere.

 

[Blue_Cardinal]

It's nice to see the hosting companies going out of there way more to teach and help, other than just being there as a server-header. It definitely helps my decision in whether or not I should go with a certain hosting company or not.

 

[KnownSyntax]

I normally don't really look for hosting companies with or without blogs, if anything I look for how they are giving support out to users (I've seen plenty of blogs that are filled with comments relating to problems/questions that have little or nothing to do with the blog article at all). I think it's nice of them to try and help out by giving advice, tips, and/or tricks but from what I've seen if they have comments enabled it tends to turn into a mess rather quickly.

 

[Cryptography]

I believe it lets the users stay updated on what's going on by checking the blog, and seeing some upcoming events/updates to the hosting.

 

[Belthazar]

When I release my company it'll have a blog, or rather, link to an external blog cover crap load of tech things.

What kind of tech things? Like cPanel/FTP help and such?