In the circle of web hosting companies, Hostgator has become one of the most popular companies. They succeed because they keep what they promise. It’s as simple as that. Your customers are satisfied with your service because they pick up the phone and solve their problems every time.
They not only answer the phone but also answer email inquiries and also respond to live chat. It’s no wonder they get such a high rating from their customers. When you have satisfied customers, it’s hard to say no to success.
However, if you just take a look at HostGator, you won’t feel like this provider is something that interests you. Your generic website is boring with a tagline that is also boring. It says ‘We eat the competition’. It uses a standard cpanel and configuration which is average for web hosting companies.
This simplicity is the key to its success. They seem to be transparent and let you know everything about them. So you won’t feel like there is any marketing strategy or undisclosed terms about them. What you see is what you get. Your terms of service with HosGator are as simple as your order process. You can order your website with ease and it only takes around 5 minutes. Your billing details are displayed for you to track on every page of your order. Finally, you can pay with a credit card, paypal or even a debit card. All of these features make HostGator such an easy provider to use amongst its competition. Below is a review of the feature and performance on HostGator.
Feature Review
HostGator uses the Linux system. This means that they can only provide Linux hosting. However, it is heard that they plan to improve their service by adding Windows system hosting in their services. They provide all of their features in all of their packages and this is what consumers need to build a serious website. For consumers who may need additional domains, their Baby and Swamp package allows for unlimited domain addons. This gives you the ability to have multiple sites. HostGator uses cpanel, the best controlled panel available on the market. In addition, you will also get the Fantastico Script Installer which will allow you to open most of the open source scripts with just a few clicks. They also support PHP4 and PHP5, SSH, Cron jobs, Python, Ruby on Rails, etc. The packages also include enough POP3 accounts.
performance review
All the websites hosted by Hostgator are placed on their Dual Xeon servers. These servers are located in their data center located in Dallas. The data center connects to 10 backbone providers that provide 99.9% uptime with an industry standard warranty. A test conducted on a website hosted by HostGator using a third-party uptime monitor shows that HostGator provides 99.98% uptime. This test was carried out from February 2008 until the end of April. For over 3 months HostGator was able to deliver performance unmatched by other host companies. This is the proof that Hostgator has to say that they are the best in the field.