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HostGator
is a privately owned
hosting company who
understands that
customers’ websites
are “mission
critical”. HostGator
was founded in 2002
and is currently
hosting more than
500,000 domains.
HostGator has developed
its’ own custom web
hosting software and
automation tailored
directly towards
their customers
needs. They manage,
own, and operate
their entire network
and all of the
associated
equipment. Today,
HostGator is rated on
top in terms
of reliability,
quality, and
performance in the
web hosting
industry. Through
constant free
upgrades, their
customers enjoy a
worry-free web
hosting solution. |
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Reliability |
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HostGator’s
entire
infrastructure
was
built
and
developed
by
in-house
programmers
and
engineers
to
cater
to
their
satisfied
customers.
They
manage,
own,
and
operate
their
entire
network
and
all
of
the
associated
equipment.
HostGator
employs
a
unique
load
balancing
technology
and
super
fast
backbone
connections.
By
utilizing
this
architecture,
it
allows
for
one
of
the
most
reliable
networks
which
distribute
websites
across
multiple
servers,
which
virtually
eliminates
any
site
downtime. |
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Price
Value |
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HostGator has established
itself as a leader in
the “low cost” web
hosting industry by
meeting the needs of
small to medium sized
businesses. They offer a
“One Plan” strategy
which costs $6.95/$9.95 month.
The package includes 50
GB of space and 200GB
of bandwidth for all new
and existing customers.
Some other features that
are included in the Plan
are MySQL database,
FrontPage extensions,
in-depth web statistics,
spam filters which makes
this of the best. |
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Control
Panel |
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By
developing
their
own
control
panel
(Member
Operations
Center
or
OPS),
HostGator
is
able
to
offer
a
feature
rich
package
of
software
to
their
customer
base.
Their
control
panel
offers
many
great
functions,
such
as
managing
email,
a
site
builder,
domain
management,
and
much
much
more. |
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Customer
Support |
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HostGator
provides
a
complete
client
support
solution
to
their
customers.
They
include
toll-free
phone
support,
24/7
email
support,
live
chat.
In
addition,
they
provide
a
complete
and
up
to
date
FAQ,
which
allows
you
to
get
answers
to
your
most
common
questions.
HostGator
also
has
a
large
and
active
forum.
You
can
interact
with
thousands
of
HostGator
users
for
advice
and
get
help
from
other
members
on
various
issues
including
pre-sales
inquiries. |
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Summary: |
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HostGator is rated as the #
10 because of their
infrastructure which was
built and developed by
in-house programmers and
engineers to cater to
their satisfied
customers. They offer a
"One plan - One price"
deal with constant free
upgrades. Their
customers enjoy a
worry-free web hosting
solution. |
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