Badges are automated trust signals buyers see on rankings, spanning ownership, performance, reliability, reviews, and recognition. Share cards are branded PNGs hosters download from their profile to post on LinkedIn, banners, and Instagram.
Listed by the date the badge was first seen, not by score. Displaying the badge earns visibility across HostList and this roster entry. It never affects HRI, the tiebreak or any ranking. Claimed hosts add the badge from the Badge tab in their dashboard.
Awarded automatically from profile, review, benchmark, and infrastructure data. Recomputed daily and removed when the underlying signal lapses. Shown on rankings tables, host profiles, and your dashboard.
Awarded when your HRI reaches 70 or higher, the headline signal buyers scan for. Lift it with reviews, a complete profile, current data, and verified performance.
A real operator stands behind the listing and keeps it current.
Complete claim verification via email or DNS on your host page.
Matched automatically when your listing has a Google Place ID and rating.
Save any profile change in your dashboard to refresh freshness.
Awarded automatically to hosts founded at least ten years ago.
Longevity is a track-record signal buyers weigh heavily; it cannot be self-set.
Earned from independent benchmarks, field data, and detected infrastructure, never self-reported.
Awarded when we hold an independent benchmark or Core Web Vitals field data for the host, never from estimates.
Awarded when an independent load test records 99.9% or higher uptime.
Awarded when we detect a public status or incident page for the host.
Awarded when free SSL/TLS is documented on the host’s plans.
Milestones for approved, genuine customer feedback on the listing.
Put your HostList review link on your site, portal or customer emails and verify the placement from your dashboard. An activity marker: independent of rating, sentiment and review count.
Get one customer review approved on your listing.
Collect at least five approved customer reviews.
Reach ten approved reviews with genuine customer feedback.
Reach twenty-five approved reviews for top-tier community trust.
Badges are automated trust signals on your HostList profile across four families: verified & owned (claimed, Google-verified, fresh, established), performance & reliability (performance verified, uptime proven, status page, free SSL), customer reviews (from first review to community champion), and recognition (HRI 70+ Top Ranked). They help buyers spot reliable listings on rankings tables. Share cards are downloadable PNG graphics generated from your live ranking achievements (Top 50, Hoster of the Month, category bests). Badges answer "can I trust this host?"; share cards answer "how do I promote my rank?"
Top Ranked is awarded automatically when your HRI reaches 70 or higher. Improve trust signals, complete your profile, keep data fresh, and collect approved reviews. The full methodology is at hostlist.io/hri. For precise rank position graphics (#12 in Top 50, monthly winner, etc.), use share cards on your public host profile instead.
These are awarded from independent evidence only, never self-reported. Performance Verified requires an independent controlled benchmark or real Core Web Vitals field data; we never grant it from our estimated infrastructure tier. Uptime Proven needs an independent load test showing 99.9%+ uptime. Status Page and Free SSL are granted when we detect a public status page or documented free SSL on your plans. Because these rely on external measurement, they cannot be self-set, which is exactly why buyers trust them.
Open your public host profile at hostlist.io/host/your-slug and scroll to "Share your ranking". Claimed hosts can also find the same section in the dashboard Profile tab. Download LinkedIn, banner, Instagram, or embeddable badge formats, all with HostList branding.
Trust badges are recomputed daily from live profile, review, benchmark, and infrastructure data. If the underlying signal changes (an update lapses past 7 days, a benchmark goes stale), the badge is removed on the next run. Share-card achievements refresh hourly so they stay aligned with the public rankings pages.
Browse rankings and look for trust badges on each listing.
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