HostGator Review

HostGator is a world-wide leading provider of shared web hosting, reseller web hosting and dedicated web hosting. They are a privately held company based out of Houston, Texas, founded in 2002. HostGator manages over 7,000 servers and over 2 million domains making up approximately 1% of the world's Internet traffic. HostGator serves more than 225,000 customers in more than 170 countries. In 2008, HostGator was recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. To find out more about HostGator click on the link to the right.

Pricing. Shared web hosting plans at HostGator start as low as $4.95/month, reseller web hosting plans start as low as $24.95/month and dedicated web hosting plans start as low as $174/month. Thier most popular web hosting plan, the "Baby" plan starts at $7.95/month.

Features. HostGator offers unlimted disk space and bandwidth. In addition offerings include an easy to use control panel, unlimited subdomains, FTP accounts and email accounts, free website builders, over 4,500 free website templates, over 50 free scripts, $50 in Google search advertising credits, website statistics, unlimited MySQL databases and much more. HostGator invests in wind energy to help offset server emissions and is one of the leaders in the industry in Green web hosting.

Support. If you ever have problems or questions concerning your web hosting account with HostGator it is easy to get a hold of someone. HostGator provides 24/7 phone, chat, email and ticket support in addition to forums and video tutorials. Their support is in-house (not outsourced) and is known as one of the best support staffs in the industry. Every shared web hosting account is backed by an iron-clad 45 day money-back guarantee.

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