HostYard--another TacidBlue/TacidHost ??

[zz4]

I signed up for TacidHost/TacidBlue.I think you have heard about that story.I next signed up with



http://www.hostyard.com/



I asked and some gave me good references.


Its been a month now and everybody wonders what happened to the 'control man' Dylan.He has like disapperared.Some rumor he's still there but oddly he can't post one notice to his bulliten board in a month.



Websites are up but many are complaining theirs is down.



NOW ?? The messageboard on HostYard has disappeared !!!!! Its been gone for maybe 3 days now.

No way to communicate with others anymore.



I am still in my 30 days of satisfaction Do these 'clickboard' billing services give refunds even if a place disappeared?



I'm getting tired of this nonsense.I can't see any reason why somebody that runs a place will do a disappearing act? Should I feel secure and continue?



yah know..come on..theres got to be an economy hosting plan that is not a rip-off? I'm not saying hostyard is a rip-off but I've never seen anything like the management disappearing and everybody sits around waiting waiting..a month..now month two......

[Haze]

Copyright © 2000 HostYard a division of Network Blues..

Heh, heh, Network Blues... Heh, Get it? ok, I will stop now. Im pathetic, I know.

I would suggest you pay a visit to WebHostingTalk.com and perform a searchie pooh.

[Technics]

HostYard have a lot of downtime they overload there servers.

[Webdude]

searchie pooh????

[Haze]

Originally posted by Webdude
searchie pooh????

:)

[Valuablehost]

:D


Originally posted by evilhaze


:)

[coolguy23]

alright....:rolleyes:

[gyrbo]

Hu?! I don't get it.

[Valuablehost]

Originally posted by gyrbo
Hu?! I don't get it. :p :p :p

[gyrbo]

C'mon tell me.

[Valuablehost]

:confused: :confused:

[YUPAPA]

[Giancarlo]

Quite spamming.

[Valuablehost]

Hmm, i think we werent the ones who posted 69 posts in one thread were we?

Hmm i wonder who was spamming...

:D

Originally posted by Giancarlo
Quite spamming.

[Giancarlo]

At least they weren't blank. Yupapa wrote nothing in his reply to this thread... that's spam.

Anyways, HostYard is constantly down and there site is too.

[Robert]

http://www.hostyard.com/ works fine for me and loads fast..

I'm quit surprised people find it to be a bad host, they are/were very popular providing an excellent service.

I've met quit a very potential clients who picked Hostyard over Dim8 because of the features for the price, which I gotta admit are great prices for what you get.

Their news section (bottom of page) was updated on June 8, 2001, which is 1 month ago, that's sort of scary to think they haven't updated their page for 1 month.

I don't wanna say another one bits the dust but why is it that a lot of hosts are dropping out? Once you've made your mark in the webhosting biz, you should have no problems getting clients. Well..a GOOD mark.. not a bad mark like Tacidhost...but they were getting a lot of clients. lol.

Okay I dunno what I am talking about.. gonna go lay down.

[meow]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
Anyways, HostYard is constantly down and there site is too.
Please explain the difference. :confused: :confused:

[meow]

Robert, that's funny. I get the below. The other day too, when this thread was started. Could you be getting a cached page?

This is the Plesk Server Administrator™ default page.
If you see this page it means:

1) hosting for this domain is not configured
or
2) there's no such domain registered in Plesk.

For more information please contact dylan@hypnotism.nu

[Robert]

Meow,

I refreshed and cleared my cache and I still get Hostyard.com's site. I do get that error message you posted when I go their message board though.

Strange that I can access and others can't.

[meow]

I'm also surprised that they have just disappeared. I read up about them when I was looking for a host and hanged out at their forum some. My impression was that the owner was a good guy with a fair service for the price.

[jiminsd]

I have an account with HostYard and I still find them pretty good. Lucky for me that I'm on their server 3. That is the one that their site is on and I guess it is the newest and most stable. Anyway, Dylan has always seemed to have a problem with his "server 22" and that looks to be the situation now.

The part I find interesting is that he was always very visible on his forums and WebHostingTalk but a few weeks ago (right before the problems hit) he dropped out of sight. Then his forum turned into a big flame fest with server 22 problems. Currently, the board has been taken down. It does look like he made some type of direct contact with those on that server to move them.

All through this, my site has been running good but I still have to wonder about the guy running the whole show. Why he has not made some type of public statement to calm his clients down? Also, it’s kind of lame pulling the board down without an explanation. That only fuels the fire.

[Cael]

Works fine for me as well.

[meow]

Up for me too now. :)

[zz4]

As the above posts note http://www.hostyard.com/ has had a fairly good reputation but its been around how long?


I just bought a site under 30 days ago so gotta wonder if I should try getting out.

A month ago the big topic was...wheres dylan? This is not like him.He's always been around. Its a month later and its still the big topic besides whats with server 22.


Oddly he can't post anything to his own messageboards.Theres seems to be no 2nd party to post anything on behalf of dylan and hostyard. Sure you can't post if you can't.(no internet connection,,,in jail,,,,in the hospital,,,in a nursing home,,, or ??)




It must be month 2 and still no Dylan.Rumor is he's still there but working hard on keeping system running.I heard 'personal problems'.Anything heard seems to only be a rumor with nobody to back it up.


I emailed him with just 2 questions... #1--are you alive? #2-is hostyard staying around? I got a reply with 2 yes's and that was only content of email.. yes...yes... Now the support-messageboard has been gone for a week so far? How do we interact with other site holders with questions if they be help questions?




If the 30 day satisfaction is good I have to opt out before its too late. A webhosting service that everybody sits back and talks about...where is dylan? (when he was actively there in past) The months go by...wheres dylan??? ok--maybe he's taken to 'no support' route but when the messageboard vanishes and even that becomes a case of...wheres dylan..wheres the support-messageboard????


Otherwise my site seems to work but I have really not used it or gotten involved not knowing the future of the place.


It seems very unusual for somebody that runs a webhosting service to disappear chronically. hey..theres even these messageboards to post a simple...I'm still alive...still dealing with problems...still here...hostyard will continue..etc.



I don't like the p.o.box address in far way South Africa.The only email address is a .nu address? (I think it was the .nu's that at one time were going to get booted from the internet over lack of controlling their output) --no email with hostyard domain? Another factor..maybe he literally does not know what he is doing?


With all this talk there no real negatives to say EXCEPT wheres dylan?--and the support board ???(support board vanished a week ago..dylan a month or more back)

[jiminsd]

One more thing after the above post by zz4. He expresses somewhat the same thing that must be going through most of the clients minds.

The question is regarding the stability of a low fee, annual pay host when it centers around one person. When the one person sells or goes off the deep end or what ever... you are kinda stuck with the change or you loose your money. I guess it is the risk you get with the low cost host.

[Martie]

Originally posted by zz4
As the above posts note http://www.hostyard.com/ has had a fairly good reputation but its been around how long?

I emailed him with just 2 questions... #1--are you alive? #2-is hostyard staying around? I got a reply with 2 yes's and that was only content of email.. yes...yes... Now the support-messageboard has been gone for a week so far? How do we interact with other site holders with questions if they be help questions




Well the snip above in the quote.....really bothers me. He DID answer the emails...theres really NO excuse for not contacting your clients! He answered your email...to give you a YES and a YES!
A simple email EXPLAINING things to clients..a message posted on his own board, a message posted in any of his frequent forums...the list goes on for WAYS to communicate!
Im not familiar with the company but recogonize the name from WHT.


:(

[niv]

Originally posted by jiminsd
One more thing after the above post by zz4. He expresses somewhat the same thing that must be going through most of the clients minds.

The question is regarding the stability of a low fee, annual pay host when it centers around one person. When the one person sells or goes off the deep end or what ever... you are kinda stuck with the change or you loose your money. I guess it is the risk you get with the low cost host.

this refers to KelmHosting as well, i wish Alex would raise the prices and make the higher prices a monthly charge.

[zz4]

After about 2 months 'dylan' surfaced yesterday.


#1---it seems he emailed everybody on server 22 to find a new host.(despite the fact they paid for services)


#2-He is in Las Vegas asking and begging for info on a FREE ISP. Make any sense? South Africa to Las Vegas and broke?


http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12817

I signed up less than 30 days ago so don't know my odds asking for a refund but I have to try. I don't have all the info but everything smells like a total rip-off.


I hate to admit my dark past (grrrrrrr) but I once had un-controllable debts.It was not intentional but I got caught in the swamp. I went to Atlantic City,N.J. and it seemed to help in the public relations as to..where is all the money???


hey..I liked hostyard but all I saw were people complaining and an owner/operator that disappeared. My last host was TacidBlue/TacidHost.


I guess I still need another economy host and I can't believe some economy place can't be reliable enough to satisfy my needs of no-frills webhosting. If they sat around collecting the sign-up money that is not enough to at least keep the operation running? All I seem to be meeting are people that collect money to buy taco's at taco bell and take trips from South Africa to Las Vegas.


yes..I have one pay site at WorlZonePro but I feel I need 2 sites and place my whole world at one place?


In this thread I see a 'valuablehost?" Good rates? Can I have a guarantee they will be around in 7/02? Uptime better than downtime? It seems everybody on the forum is looking for a good deal at economy hosting and most have the same questions.

No..I don't believe the $15-$20 stuff anymore but nothing no-frills for $35-$50? I don't eat bandwidth but its nice to have space.(my sites are so popular maybe only I ever visit them)

[Valuablehost]

Well i can gurrantee you we aren't going anywhere, if you want more information you can pm me or email me. I cannot post anything else in this thread as it would be consider 'spam'.

Kindest Regards,
ValuableHost


Originally posted by zz4
After about 2 months 'dylan' surfaced yesterday.


#1---it seems he emailed everybody on server 22 to find a new host.(despite the fact they paid for services)


#2-He is in Las Vegas asking and begging for info on a FREE ISP. Make any sense? South Africa to Las Vegas and broke?


http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12817

I signed up less than 30 days ago so don't know my odds asking for a refund but I have to try. I don't have all the info but everything smells like a total rip-off.


I hate to admit my dark past (grrrrrrr) but I once had un-controllable debts.It was not intentional but I got caught in the swamp. I went to Atlantic City,N.J. and it seemed to help in the public relations as to..where is all the money???


hey..I liked hostyard but all I saw were people complaining and an owner/operator that disappeared. My last host was TacidBlue/TacidHost.


I guess I still need another economy host and I can't believe some economy place can't be reliable enough to satisfy my needs of no-frills webhosting. If they sat around collecting the sign-up money that is not enough to at least keep the operation running? All I seem to be meeting are people that collect money to buy taco's at taco bell and take trips from South Africa to Las Vegas.


yes..I have one pay site at WorlZonePro but I feel I need 2 sites and place my whole world at one place?


In this thread I see a 'valuablehost?" Good rates? Can I have a guarantee they will be around in 7/02? Uptime better than downtime? It seems everybody on the forum is looking for a good deal at economy hosting and most have the same questions.

No..I don't believe the $15-$20 stuff anymore but nothing no-frills for $35-$50? I don't eat bandwidth but its nice to have space.(my sites are so popular maybe only I ever visit them)

[gyrbo]

servus.ws's yearly special seems pretty good too (30$ if I remember correct).
Not to meantion dim8.net with 50$/year