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Hostgator Review - Is Hostgator The Top Web Hosting Provider?
By bdc2720 | April 2, 2008
Are web hosting company Hostgator a top web hosting provider or a complete waste of time? Find out by reading our Hostgator review below.
Web hosting reviews often end up being very difficult to conclude as recommending one is of huge importance to those reading the review but unlike other products and services where a slightly above average service can still be recommended web hosting needs to be of the highest quality to get that recommendation.
Thankfully I had no such problems concluding this Hostgator review as it ticks every box you could possibly want ticking ( sorry for the spoiler ). If you have time on your side then please checkout the full review but if you want to save a little time or simply cannot be bothered reading a full review Click Here to visit Hostgator now!
PLANS AVAILABLE AND VALUE
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The packages offered by Hostgator are very reasonably priced, especially considering the features each package is loaded with and the amount of space and bandwidth you are allowed. Unless you have a site getting over a million visitors a month then I wouldn’t be too concerned with bandwidth as there will be more than enough provided.
HOSTGATOR FEATURES
Hostgator currently only uses linux hosting, although windows hosting is to become an option in the near future. Whichever package you opt for you will have more than enough tools to run a serious website with the Baby and Swamp packages also allowing for unlimited domains to be hosted from the one account, which is brilliant for those with multiple sites.
Hostgator accounts use cPanel as a control panel and this is without a shadow of a doubt the best control panel you can get. Fantastico is also included in the package making installation of open source scripts such as Wordpress an absolute doddle, in fact it takes just a few clicks.
Hostgator also support Cron jobs, PHP4 and 5, Python, Ruby On Rails, SSH and others. The package also includes unlimited POP3 accounts for Baby and Swamp users ( 20 for Hatchling members ).
HOSTGATOR PERFORMANCE
Hostgator use top end state of the art Dual Xeon servers which are very well equipped and they offer 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Over the 3 month test period I actually found Hostgator came in a little under their guarantee as their uptime was actually just above 99.7%. However this is still better than any other top web hosting provider I have tested and the analysis showed the site was never down for more than 4 minutes so in terms of performance Hostgator sets a high standard.
HOSTGATOR CUSTOMER SERVICE
The best customer service of any web hosting provider available without doubt. 24/7 toll free support is provided along with a load of tutorials, an active forum ( which will normally have the answers to your problems ), an information area and a ticket system, with support tickets usually given a response within a couple of hours.
HOSTGATOR REVIEW CONCLUSION
I gave this away right at the start but just in case you need me to re-confirm it - Hostgator is highly recommended. Great support, packages, uptime, pricing and, well anything else you can think of that you’d want to find in a hosting company. Is Hostgator the top web hosting provider? You bet it is!!!
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 am
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