Hostgator is a privately owned web hosting company founded in 2002. According to Hostgator official claims, they provide hosting service for more than 1,000,000 websites and lead in hosting reseller accounts with over 20,000 resellers.
Hostgator Inc.
Website: http://www.hostgator.com
Hosting Cost : $7.95/mo
Overall Rating : A+ *Recommended
What’s good with Hostgator hosting?
I’ve been hosting websites at Hostgator long before I started this website and I still run a couple of websites with them at current time. With its quality service, the hosting company is growing fast and was named top in Texas for the recent Inc 5000 Awards.
Indeed they are one of the best hosting companies you can ever get and they are in my ‘A list’ and here are the keypoints of Hostgator’s success.
*Updates: Hostgator is now my top choice of hosting. Hostgator hosting service is reliable, priced reasonable, environmental friendly, and best of all, their customer supports rocks!
Reliable server with guarnateed 99.9% uptime
Thru out the years Hostgator has never fail me as a reliable hosting service. I barely notice any downtime for my websites – while this was quite a surprise until I recently found out that Hostgator is running its own data center (huge plus point).
Also, it’s worth noting that every web hosting plan with Hostgator comes with a 45 day money back guarantee and 99.9% uptime guarantee. The deal is fully guaranteed by the company founder and CEO (Brent) himself – which is another huge plus point (responsible management team).
Host unlimited domain
Hostgator is now offering unlimited bandwidth and disk storage!. On top of that, you will get unlimited domain hosting with Hostgator. In short, this actually means that you can host ALL YOUR WEBSITES in just one single web hosting account with Hostgator
Unlimited MySQL and POP3 email account
While most other hosting companies will only allow you to have a certain number of MySQL database, you get unlimited (I repeat, unlimited!) MySQL database with Hostgator. That’s quite an advantage if you’re planning to build a huge web application.
Hostgator Customers Review
Finest Hosting Around! "I have had a number of hosting companies – and have two now. I want to say the HG is the finest I have ever had the pleasure to deal with." Richx @ Sept 12, 2009.
Thanks security! "An old Wordpress installed on one of my sites got exploited and over-wrote my .htacess and caused google to report my sites as ‘this site can harm your computer’. HG went out of their way and did lot of work to fix all the problems. I have experiences with other webhosts before HG, who I know will not do this. Thank you (especially Michael Karr, Benjamin Davis, Christopher D.)" – Forum Poster CrazyFool @ Sept 22, 2009.
Happy with switch to Host Gator "How naive I must have been thinking my old hosting company was great. When the discontinued boxtrapper support, which is the only sure "bot" SPAM blocker, I switched to Host Gator. My web pages and email scripts are running so fast that I’m unable to follow some of the confirmation messages! Unlike my past hosting company that reduced allowable emails per hour when activity was high without telling anybody, (I have counters to keep track of them), Host Gator does not. In switching to them I had no problems except those induced by me not knowing something. Thus far I am very happy with Host Gator and while they don’t show on many of the "Top 10" lists, they should be. I believe they contract with "The Planet" for their infrastructure which may be one reason for their high speed performance. The Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston area communication infrastructure is highly fiber optic based, unlike other cities which still employ some cable and copper pathways. The first ever fully fiber "wired" city in the country is Keller, Texas, about 17 miles from "The Planet" in Dallas." – Cdmj @ Aug 22, 2009.
6 years with HG and hopefully many more… "I have been with Host Gator for around 6 years now and figured I should post my experiences with HG. In all that time I have never had an issue that was not resolved promptly and courteously. Support tickets have always been answered quickly and my issues resolved in a timely manner. I have never had to use phone support because the fast response to my tickets. Thank you HG!" – IntrepidHosts @ Aug 31, 2009.
HostGator Rules! Just wanted to say that I hardly ever ask questions in this forum because I hardly ever have any problems. After a couple of happy years on a Standard Dedi from HG I am now moving to an Elite Dedi ….. and wow what a spec it’s got. HG rules!" – Kim Carter @ www.Carsena-Tech.net.
Hostgator – 10/10 "It’s been about 2 years since DumbShoppers hosted at Hostgator and I hardly have any chance to communicate with HG staffs at the customer support section coz there’s no problem with the hosting at all! Hostgator is definitely my recommendation to friends and family." – Teddy Low @
Hostgator offers three different hosting pakcages, known as Hatchling, Baby, and Swamp. Each hosting plan has different features and we will be reviewing the most popular hosting plan here, which is the ‘Baby Plan’. From the features table, you can see that Hostgator hosting plan (Baby) is slightly expensive ($1 extra if compare to average price) however you’ll get what you’re paying for. Not many hosting companies are willing to offer unlimited MySQL connection as this will eat up server resources – however this is not the case with Hostgator. In case cost is a big issue for you, try out Hostgator’s Hatchling Plan where you get hosting with Hostgator in a cheaper price ($4.95/mo).
Hostgator is highly recommended – especially if you are looking for a reliable web host or a reseller hosting account.
Islamabad Time
.jpg)
