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HostGator Review – High Advantages are Guaranteed, with Fast Reliable, High Trust of Hostgator…

Yes, Hostgator offers that! That seems to be our answer when potential web hosting buyers email us asking questions about Hostgator. Actually believe it or not- it is not far from the truth. Hostgator, founded in 2002 is the leader in shared web hosting and reseller web hosting that offers many varieties of servers and web hosting packages to their customers. Hostgator cares about their customers, and they provide what we consider to be the elite amongest rival web hosting companies. The servers reviewed at hostgator all currently have Linux as the Operating System driving your online experience, however Hostgator is currently recruiting Windows System Administrators to maintain the windows operating system. So when the Windows Operating System becomes available at Hostgator we will make a special post on that.

Hostgator’s Green Technology Initiative

Hostgator is part of the Green Technology iniative. Cutting back on the carbon emissions, and turning to wind powered resources as a means for powering their Shared and Reseller Servers at 130%. Hostgator has switched to 36% more efficient servers, and they are not just neutralizing their impact on the enviroment, but they are taking steps to actually reversing it. They currently have purchased certified Renewable Energy Credits that represents 130% of the electricity used to power and cool every single Shared and Reseller Servers at the data center.

Hostgator Review – Everything Offered in Hostgator’s Hosting Packages

Each packaged plan includes the basics to get your website up and going in no time at all. Their packages and servers are broke down into these categories: Shared Web Hosting, Dedicated Server Web Hosting, and Reseller Web Hosting. Don’t worry we’ll discuss all of the following here, breaking down just what is what. All plans and packages include the Free Website Building software provided by Hostgator at no extra cost at all. Make building a website a cinch with the SiteBuilder Software. Hostgator even offers a SiteBuilder Demo on their website for you to review. If the sitebuilder software doesn’t quite suit you, there is another option. Hostgator offers free Website Templates that come in many varieties. Not just variety but over 4,500 pre-made templates of all shapes, sizes and colors for you to review, that even include some Flash templates that makes your site really stand-out. Along with each web template is a set of 3 simple instructions on how to set up the template on your site.

Along with that, hostgator offers a $25 Credit Voucher for Google Adwords. So you can easily pick a domain name, purchase a hosting package, review the templates or build your site with the SiteBuilder software and register your site with google and by online selling your product, or just promoting your site within a matter of 30 minutes. Hostgator really makes it that easy! If you do happen to hit a bump in the road, hostgator offers 24/7 chat support, phone support, and email support along free with or without an account.

If you already have an idea for your website, say for instance – maybe just a shopping cart, or a blog. Hostgator has taken a lot of the guess work out of setting all of that up. You can review Hostgator’s Fantastico Script package (which also comes with every web hosting package available at hostgator) which includes 52+ PHP content management systems, project management systems, ecommerce software, forum software, customer support software, FAQ software, mailing list software, image gallery software, hosting billing software, polling and surveying software and more. Installing a blog or a cart takes no time at all- as a matter of fact, installation through fantastico takes approximately 20 seconds. Fantastico offers the latest upgrades for pre-installed fantastico PHP programs at no extra cost.

All Hostgator account holders can access a GUI (graphical user interface) to control everything on their domain called CPanel. Cpanel is a very user-friendly front-end to controlling everything on your server. It is the most widely used control panel in web hosting and it really makes your hosting experience a cinch.

Hostgator allows Free Site Transfer for those of you reviewing new hosting options to migrate your web hosting over to another provider. This is all provided in a step by step procedure that is easy to follow, and hostgator guarantees to get your sites online from your current web hosting provider in no time at all. Hostgator domain manager is very quick and updates almost immediately.

Supported web hosting features include programming languages such as CGI, PHP, Perl, Python and so on. Hostgator offers support for all web based programming languages including the ChillSoft ASP. So if you are a coder or plan on hiring a web developer or a PHP Programmer to build your site. Then hostgator has support for all programming platforms.

A 45 Day Money-Back Guarantee

What it all boils down to is this… Hostgator offers a 45 Day Money Back Guarantee, if you are no satisified and do not feel that their services go above and beyond your requirements. Forty Five days is a great deal of time to get your site online and grab a really good feel for your online endeavors and review just what hostgator is really all about. As a matter of fact- I guarantee that your 45 day period will just fly by. With Hostgator making a bold offer such as the 45 day money back guarantee, it shows the confidence that they have knowing that their previous customers in the past has been fully satisified since day 1.

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»Hostgator Review for Linux Web Hosting Packages
	Plans	Hatchling	Baby	Business
	Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth, FTP Accounts and Sub-Domains
	Domains Allowed	1	UNLIMITED	UNLIMITED
	Your Own Toll-Free Number			FREE
	Free Dedicated IP
	Free Private SSL
	Pricing	$4.95	$7.95	$12.95
» HostGator Review – Package Details
	Site Builder
	24×7 Support
	Instant Backups
	No Contract!
	99.9% Uptime Guarantee
	45-day Guarantee
	Free / Instant Setup
»HostGator Review – Domain / FTP Features
	AddonDomains		UNLIMITED	UNLIMITED
	Anonymous FTP
» HostGator Review on Supported Web Hosting Features
	MySQL Databases	UNLIMITED	UNLIMITED	UNLIMITED
	CGI
	Fast CGI
	PHP 5
	Ruby On Rails
	SSH
	Perl
	Chilisoft ASP
	Python
	SSI
	Cron
	FrontPage
	Curl
	GD
	Image Magick
	Streaming Audio/Video
	Free Module Installation
»HostGator Review –  E-mail
	POP3 Accounts	UNLIMITED	UNLIMITED	UNLIMITED
	Web Mail
	E-mail Alias
	Auto Responders
	Mailing Lists
	Catch Alls
	Spam Assassin
	Mail Forwarding
	IMAP Support
	SMTP
»HostGator Review for Control Panel Features
	Latest cPanel
	Fantastico
	Soholaunch
	Hotlink Protection
	IP Deny Manager
	Custom Error Pages
	Instant Blogs
	Instant Portals
	Instant PHPnuke
	Instant Forums
	Instant Guestbook
	Instant Counter
	Instant FormMail
	Redirect URL
	Web Based File Manager
	PW Protected Directories
	phpMyAdmin
» HostGator Review – Website / Ftp Statistics
	AWStats
	Webalizer
	Raw Log Manager
	Referrer Logs
	Error Logs
»HostGator Review - E-Commerce  Features
	Your Own Toll-Free Number			FREE
	Private SSL			FREE
	Dedicated IP		$2.00/Monthly	FREE
	Shared SSL
	Agora Cart
	osCommerce
	ZenCart
	Cube Cart
»Hostgator Review - Purchase Price
	Plans	Hatchling	Baby	Business
	Pricing	$4.95	$7.95	$12.95