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Tek Tip Topic: Forums

Think of Internet forums as an ongoing Exhibition. Suppliers of goods and services go there to exhibit their wares, check out the competition, do some PR with the general public by answering specialty questions, and to get a general feel for what the public want from them and the standard of supply expected of them.

When shopping around for an online company to do business with, check out relevant forums. Internet service providers (ISPs) and web hosts get discussed in great detail. You can find out if your potential website host responds to complaints or how quick (or slow) they are to restore a crashed server to get websites back up and running and emails underway. You will find there are forums that have regular posts from people who test various aspects of many website hosts and are happy to tell you all about it.