Editorial policy
How every page on this site is researched, written and kept current.
Kite Hosting helps developers, agencies and businesses choose, deploy and operate production hosting. This page states the rules the site holds itself to when it publishes.
Where conclusions come from
Every material claim on this site is one of four kinds, and the difference is visible in the writing:
- First-hand
- Produced on servers and accounts we pay for and run. A first-hand claim is published only when the evidence behind it (captures, logs, invoices, test runs) is retained and checked.
- Primary-source research
- Official documentation and vendor pricing, named in the page's source list.
- Secondary-source research
- Reputable third-party material, also named.
- Inference and opinion
- Our own judgement, labelled as such.
A claim with no evidence behind it is not written as fact. It is either presented as research with its source, or marked as pending. We do not estimate.
Sources and verification dates
- Every material product claim carries a source or a first-hand test basis.
- Source lists name the publisher and the date we last loaded and checked the page.
- A check date is only stamped for a URL we actually verified. Where a source could not be checked directly, it carries no date rather than a pretended one.
Reviews and testing
- First-hand experience beats summary content.
- Reviews state both strengths and weaknesses.
- Every review states who the product suits and who should look elsewhere.
- The test, setup or calculation behind a conclusion is published with it.
What we will not publish
- Fabricated benchmark results, invoices, screenshots, support interactions or customer counts.
- Estimated figures standing in for data we do not have: unavailable data is marked pending.
- Launch statistics until the real figures exist.
- Fake urgency, “ultimate” and “#1” filler, unqualified speed or security claims.
- Rankings that always place the highest-paying partner first.
- Filler introductions and search-engine padding.
Updates, corrections and the change log
- Dates on pages reflect real editorial review, never automated date bumping.
- Material changes to a page are recorded in its change log.
- When we get something wrong, we correct the page and record the correction in the same change log.
Affiliate links and independence
- Affiliate relationships are disclosed plainly, close to the recommendation: readable, not buried in a footer.
- Commission never increases the price you pay.
- Commercial relationships do not decide conclusions. Reviews state strengths and drawbacks, and say who the product fits and who it does not.
Who is responsible
Every page names its author. Kite Hosting is run by Sam Moreton, its founder and editor: the reviews and tutorials are written from the servers he pays for and runs.