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Latest website audit from our spider
Our web spider - powered with AI - can identify good and bad points of each site it visits. Below you'll find a random selection of sites our spider has recently visited, along with its notes on what it has found. The reason we show you these spider audits is to help give you ideas on how you can improve your own website.
analysed on 8 July 2026
1. What the website is about & its purposeThis site (“Cheap Host”) promotes UK web hosting services, with a focus on fast SSD-based shared hosting for websites, WordPress hosting, email, and domain name registration. The purpose is to convert visitors into customers by clearly listing packages, pricing, guarantees, support options, and customer feedback.2. Good points / trust signals - Clear long-standing claim: “UK Web Hosting Since 2009” (signals experience and continuity).
- Uptime guarantee: “Guaranteed 99.99% Uptime” plus repeated “99.99%” statements.
- Money-back guarantee: “Full Money Back Guarantee” and “no question 7 day money back guarantee.”
- UK infrastructure transparency: mentions UK datacentres in London (Docklands) and Coventry.
- Multiple server platforms mentioned: “Choose from cPanel or DirectAdmin” depending on location/package.
- Security signals: “FREE SSL Certificates” (Let’s Encrypt) and paid Comodo options mentioned.
- Backups included: “Remote Daily Backups” (and remote weekly backups on some tiers).
- Performance positioning: “Fast, affordable… powered by SSD storage” and “Instant Live Chat Support.”
- Migration support: “Free Hosting Migration” for customers who can’t handle migration.
- Customer testimonials with identifiable sources: reviews include names/brand references and website domains (e.g., doylestucco.com, wonderfilmpictures.com, johnnycassell.com, etc.).
- Payment trust signal: “Secure payments by Stripe.”
- Concrete operational details: “Instant Activation” with automatic sending of login details.
- Support responsiveness claim: “45 Minute Response” for tickets.
3. Improvements to help visitors - Make guarantees measurable and specific: clarify what the “99.99% uptime guarantee” covers (e.g., planned maintenance exclusions, monitoring method, compensation details).
- Explain “Unlimited” terms: the plans list “Unlimited Bandwidth” and “Unlimited Websites/Email” in places—add brief fair-use/acceptable use boundaries to reduce uncertainty.
- Add plan comparison clarity: include a compact “What’s different between Mini/Basic/Standard/Business” summary (e.g., limits, backup frequency, databases, number of sites) rather than relying on scattered figures.
- Clarify datacentre/package matching: visitors may wonder which location corresponds to which control panel (cPanel vs DirectAdmin). State this relationship explicitly in a simple line.
- Strengthen testimonial usefulness: include short “why they chose Cheap Host” context and the main outcome (speed, email reliability, WordPress performance). Also consider adding dates of reviews or tenure.
- Reduce pricing ambiguity: show clearly what the monthly price becomes in year 1 and year-to-year renewal expectations (the text hints renewals aren’t charged more, but specifics aren’t shown).
- Promote domain privacy clearly: “free privacy included on selected extensions” is stated—list which TLDs qualify or link to a straightforward eligibility note.
- Add trust around support: expand beyond “Live Chat” by clarifying support hours and typical issue resolution scope (e.g., account, email, WordPress troubleshooting).
- Provide clearer next steps: after pricing and claims, explicitly guide visitors with “Choose hosting type ? pick a plan ? what happens after purchase” to set expectations.
What's new? A spider's view!
8 July 2026
Our web spider is visiting our listings 24/7. It's on the lookout for any new shiny info from the sites it spiders, and has highlighted just some sites it's found on its journey around the web below. Warning: our spider has a quirky sense of humour.
WHAT'S NEW?
It looks like this page is primarily a retail storefront focused on footwear categories, new arrivals, and promotions, but there’s no clear, service-company information to analyze. I don’t see any mentions of new blog posts or articles, changes to service offerings, pricing updates (beyond generic promo code UI text), client testimonials or case studies, portfolio additions, awards/certifications, team updates, free tools/resources, event announcements, partnerships, or contact-information changes in the provided content. If you share the relevant section (e.g., the “About,” “Services,” “News,” or “Contact” areas), I can produce the requested service-focused update summary.
Discovered: 6 hours, 44 mins ago
WHAT'S NEW?
The page highlights a Shropshire/London-focused service provider for business and corporate photography, with clear emphasis on headshots and branding, product photography, and event coverage across the UK. Key service additions and features stand out: roaming photography, mini studios for portraits/headshots and fundraising, photo booths for corporate events, green screen photography, onsite printing, and instant printing options. The site also promotes brand activation and marketing photography, plus graduation and conference/event specialties. Customer satisfaction is reinforced with a “Top notch” testimonial praising professionalism and creativity, though the rest of the quote is truncated. No pricing changes, new certifications/awards, partnerships, or team/contact updates are visible in the provided text.
Discovered: 19 hours, 4 mins ago
WHAT'S NEW?
Instant Exhibitions positions itself as a one-roof, end-to-end bespoke exhibition stand partner, highlighting stress-free design and build in Bristol with in-house creative, construction, logistics, on-site setup, and post-event pack-down. The site emphasizes product breadth across LED light boxes, hanging fabric displays, portable display stands, and a wide range of exhibition-related formats including counters, podiums, and backdrops/walls, plus rental modular options for flexibility. It also promotes customer confidence with a price match guarantee, instant credit options for Government/NHS/Schools, free 3D visuals and proofs, and fast printing and delivery. No clear new blog posts, awards, testimonials, or pricing changes are shown in the provided content.
Discovered: 2 days, 8 hours, 53 mins ago
WHAT'S NEW?
Lisa B Draws presents children’s picture books and personalised, hand-illustrated name prints, alongside wall-ready original artwork and workshops. The site highlights new items recently added from the drawing desk, including an A4 Animal Alphabet Print for £15.00 and a Personalised Animal Name Print from £20.00, plus a Wooden Boy & Tiger Puzzle priced at £15.99. It also encourages visitors to browse a gallery and shop, and offers a newsletter via Substack for updates on new books and prints. Contact information and delivery/privacy links are clearly available, and social channels (Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, Etsy) are integrated for ongoing engagement.
Discovered: 3 days, 9 hours, 19 mins ago
WHAT'S NEW?
This page highlights Altimate as a long-standing supplier for foodservice businesses, with a focus on ice-cream cones and a broad takeaway packaging range. Key updates appear to be promotional “specials” sections for both ice-cream products and food containers, with casual wholesale pricing shown for selected items and a prompt to log in for customer-specific rates. The offering also emphasizes biodegradable and compostable takeaway packaging made from plant-based fibres (e.g., wood, sugar cane, bamboo, corn starch), plus custom-branded packaging as a speciality. It also reinforces that the company is the New Zealand distributor for Altimate ice-cream cones and features customer reviews.
Discovered: 4 days, 9 hours, 44 mins ago
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