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HostGator Web Hosting Review

August 4th, 2010 by admin

hostgator web hosting was started, in CEO Brent Oxley’s dorm room, in 2002. Over the years, Host Gator web hosting has grown to be a leader in the market of shared, dedicated and reseller hosting. In fact, hostgator has won numerous awards from peer review sites and the technology sector. More importantly, as they have grown they continue to add more employees and services, while continuing to maintain a high level of customer service and support.

Started in Florida and now based out of Houston, Texas, hostgatorhosts more than 2,500,000 domain names and customer accounts.Host Gator web hosting has more than 200 capable employees, available around the clock (I have tested this myself many a time over the years) . Every hostgator hosting plan is fully backed up by a 45-day money back guarantee a 99.9% uptime guarantee, all backed up by Brent’s own guarantee of stisfaction.

Some of hostgator web hosting’s unique qualities is that they provide access to the industry leading SiteStudio website designer, an extremely easy program that will help even the beginner with their website development. Along with the website builder they also deliver Fantastico that allows you to with a click of the mouse instantly install a complex script, like wordpress, without any programming knowledge.

Green Web Hosting:
Last but not least, hostgator is committed to providing greener solution. With their certified Renewable Energy Credits in wind power, hostgatoris not just neutralizing their environmental impact, they’re reversing it. ALL shared and reseller servers are 130% powered by the wind. The next generation of ecological web hosting is here. Host  Gator provides clean green web hosting solutions that will be guaranteed to exceed your online website needs.

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Price and Value:

Although hostgator web hosting specializes in reseller hosting, they also offer reasonably priced shared and dedicated server hosting plans.

Host Gator’s shared web hosting plans start at $4.95 a month (the recently upgraded “Hatchling” plan) and include unlimited disk space and bandwidth. Their reseller plans are offered for prices ranging from $24.95 to $99.95 per month, and their dedicated server plans range from $174.00 to $374.00 per month. Put it all together and you have one company that wants to remain competitive in the web-hosting market.

Marketing Support:
hostgator has partnered with Google to give every shared web hosting plan a FREE $100 voucher for Google’s AdWords program.

Also included in these packages are features such as free set-up, unlimited MySQL databases, SpamAssasin software that will help reduce the amount of junk email received, 99.9% uptime, and a 45-day money-back guarantee

In addition, customers can feel good about saving money while saving the environment. Hos tGator is now 130% wind powered through their Renewable Energy Credits. Responsible energy sources coupled with varied web hosting options translate to a brighter future for everyone

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hostgator has chosen The Planet, located in Dallas, Texas, to house their data center. The Planet boasts over 35,000 square feet of raised floor space, and features state-of-the-art security, safety, and cooling systems. This facility is accompanied with Multiple TXU electrical grids, 4800 volts of input power, DataTrax monitoring software for the whole data center infrastructure, and a fully meshed and redundant Certified Cisco Network featuring 10 backbone providers.

In addition, hostgator has invested in wind power energy solutions that are close to home. When you consider all of these features, hostgator’s customers have peace of mind regarding the security, reliability, and energy-efficiency of their servers.

cPanel Control Panel:
Host Gator employs the industry standard control panel, cPanel. This control panel is one of the best in the industry, and has over 52 scripts that can be installed. It is easy to learn and use, as it provides more than one million end users the ability to install dozens of leading open source programs, accompanied with flash movies for instant tutorials.

Cpanel is the #1 control panel in the world. It simplifiesweb management, allowing you to monitor the amount of bandwidth used, space used, create e-mail addresses, sub domains, MySql databases, and more.

Your package will also include Fantastico, the leading auto-installer for cPanel servers. Fantastico is equipped with more than 10,000 installations, and content management systems that a user can integrate into their web space swiftly.

Convinced? Visit hostgator and check them out for 45 days with a no risk guarantee!

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Customer Support:

Host Gator has become one of the leading companies offering quick responses and a personal touch to their support system. They present 24/7/365 phone support, online chat, fax, peer support forums, and a wide variety of cPanel flash video tutorials. Their knowledgebase is also quite extensive and useful.

Host Gator web hosting has received a 90% and better positive response from their clients. A big part of their success is being easy to reach. Most customers agree that hostgator is very responsive and helpful, fixing problems easily.

Vist hostgator yourself, select the LIVE CHAT option in the upper right hand side of the screen, if they take longer than a minute to respond come back here and let us know. You will be pleasently suprised.