Mecca Hosting

mojo · #1 (**permalink**) 19th-March-2008, 01:18 AM

I tried this hosting service. I was disturbed to learn that they have a practice of changing your url to their own without your knowledge or permission. This is done so that their site piggybacks on yours. Consider all the sites they do this to that they host. It makes their site much bigger naturally. Note it is targeted to google. My bad was that I didn't remember the adage "you get what you pay for". I was out of there as fast as I could.

Once they changed my url, there were certain elements that wouldn't show up for visitors (the gpwa seal for example). Google picked it up and as we all know it takes a bit to recover on its own, once I got rid of it. Damage was done.

I'm posting this in hopes that anyone considering a hosting service use a trusted and true host, recommended by someone you trust. Never pick a random server like I did!

Chips · #2 (**permalink**) 19th-March-2008, 01:39 AM

Thanks Mojo for keeping us informed of this nasty host, I hope you recover quickly.

greek39 · #3 (**permalink**) 19th-March-2008, 10:59 PM

MeccaHosting buyers beware perhaps an understatement. In my wildest dreams never figured a hosting company would Domain Mangle. EG. Your domain/url before mydomain.com after MeccaHosting is done zeus.meccahosting.com/~a0004f6d/ But it doesn’t end here. Even when the domain holder disengages from Mecca the garbage continues. Negative seo or call it Google bowling occurs on a scale beyond any honest businesspersons wildest dreams. Shocked and downright dirty, the only beneficiaries are MeccaHosting themselves. Buyer beware, if you spent countless hours developing your website MeccaHosting is not for you. All Smoke and Mirrors SAAS here is the complaint. Thanks greek39

mojo · #4 (**permalink**) 20th-March-2008, 10:17 PM

Thank you for your help greek. This has now been reported to google.

greek39 · #5 (**permalink**) 20th-March-2008, 10:58 PM

No problem mojo anytime!

greek39

WagerX · #6 (**permalink**) 21st-March-2008, 05:23 AM

That sounds like a nightmare Mojo. I can't imagine that they would run their business like that. Have you been able to straighten it out yet?

mojo · #7 (**permalink**) 21st-March-2008, 09:20 AM

It is a nightmare WagerX. I am off of their "service" however, this still remains and goodness knows what else.

xxxhttp://zeus.meccahosting.com/~a0004f6d/

Thanks, I'll recover.

universal4 · #8 (**permalink**) 21st-March-2008, 11:24 AM

This is a horrible and disgusting practice.

It gives those of us honest hosts a bad name and makes it more difficult to generate new business.

I agree that word-of-mouth recommendations are a good place to start when searching for hosts. And remmember, just because a host is big, does not mean they will service your account the way it is needed.

Some of the largests hosts out there, have rules and restrictions hidden in their terms of service that they can use against you to turn off your account or restrict access to your sites unless you pay additional fees etc.

Rick
Universal4

Nandakishore · #9 (**permalink**) 21st-March-2008, 02:06 PM

Is there any way of blacklisting such a provider?

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mojo · #10 (**permalink**) 21st-March-2008, 02:29 PM

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Is there any way of blacklisting such a provider?

When I closed my account and offered them (more than) a few choice words, it was my impression that they are proud of what they offer. Which, they explain, "helps" people get "more traffic" that they couldn't do on their own.

I indicated that I would report them and they didn't seem to mind this at all. I did report to google but I don't know how effective I am, not being a tech wizard.

One reason I posted here was to try to spread the word. I am afraid they are going to continue this practice on unsuspecting victims. If anyone has a regular seo/webmaster forum that visit, feel free to pass this on.