Under What Conditions Are Providers Removed? The Systematic Audit Protocol

The Quality Over Quantity Philosophy

In the 26 years of web industry experience behind WPTR.net (backed by Türk SEM), we have learned one undeniable truth: Keeping a list clean is harder than making it full.

Our hosting directory is not a static phone book; it is a dynamic, performance-based meritocracy. We do not guarantee permanent visibility to any provider. To remain in the WPTR ecosystem, a company must maintain both technical stability and operational integrity.

We employ a Dual-Layer Audit System to identify and purge low-quality providers.

Layer 1: Continuous Technical Audit (WptrSpeedBot)

Our autonomous crawler, WptrSpeedBot, visits every provider in our database periodically to perform health checks. A provider is automatically flagged for manual review if:

1. Persistent Inaccessibility: If the provider's own website returns connection errors (Timeout, DNS Error, 5xx Server Errors) for a defined consecutive period, it is marked as "Unstable/Offline".
2. Service Pivot Verification: The bot scans the homepage for specific keywords (e.g., "Hosting", "VPS", "Server", "Domain"). If a company has pivoted to a different sector (e.g., selling shoes instead of servers) or the domain has dropped, it is flagged as "Invalid Service".

Flagged sites are reviewed by the WPTR Engineering Team and systematically removed from the database if the status is confirmed.

Layer 2: The 'Gemini' AI Sentiment Audit (Annual)

Technical uptime is easy to measure, but Service Quality is abstract. To measure this, we leverage advanced Artificial Intelligence.

Once a year, we conduct a deep-scan using Google Gemini AI models to analyze the "Digital Footprint" of listed providers.

The 'Zombie Mode' Classification

We look for specific patterns that indicate a provider has become a "Zombie Company"—technically alive, but operationally dead.

• Dramatic CSAT Drop: AI scans public complaint platforms, forums, and social media for a sudden spike in unresolved support tickets.
• Acquisition & Decay: If a firm is acquired by a conglomerate and users report a drastic decline in support quality (a common pattern known as "Newfold Syndrome"), the AI flags this anomaly.
• Silent Abandonment: Firms that haven't updated their blog, pricing, or copyright year in over 24 months.

If Gemini detects these negative patterns with high confidence, the provider is put into "Zombie Mode".

Consequences of Delisting

A provider marked for removal or Zombie Mode faces the following actions:

• Global Delisting: Immediately removed from all Global Benchmark rankings to protect international users.
• Local Delisting: Removed from country-specific lists (e.g., Turkey Best Hosting) to prevent guiding local users to a failing business.
• Public Advisory: In severe cases (Scams/Bankruptcy), a public warning tag may be attached to their archived profile.

Our Loyalty is to the User, Not the Provider.
We believe that by pruning the dead branches, we allow the healthy ones—the providers doing the hard work—to flourish.