After the negative responses after HostGator monetised their customers’ 404 Not Found page, you’ll be thinking that no one else is going to mock around someone else’s domain — even your customers. Wrong. After all when the money talks, who needs ethics? Over the last 6 months I have seen more and more budget hosting companies seeking to make more money from 404 pages. Lunarpages, is one of the latest web hosting companies that tried out this scheme. However it back fired, its customers revolted, and it is all documented in this WebHostingTalk.com thread.

Here is one classic piece: Lunarpages: 60 reasons why web hosts suck! Some are just out right hilarious, classified as “funny, but unrealistic” (but I could be wrong :) Some are just simple fact of life, and there is really nothing the web host can do about it. However, there are also those that give you that “deja vu” feeling. “Hey, the guy with his website going down all the time — that was me!”