Hostgator Opinions

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by james66, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. Kwaku

    Kwaku Well-Known Member

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    #21
    Cheap, for cheap people. It works and works fine if you want to host tiny sites. They aim for large groups and the largest group is people with tiny sites; if you grow expect to get into trouble or even get thrown off. They oversell and their support is worthless once you get past the very basic technical issues.
     
    Kwaku, Nov 19, 2008 IP
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    Aquarezz Notable Member

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    #22
    I agree... but at least they are better than:
    http://dreamhost.com
    http://www.hostmonster.com/
    http://servage.net/

    I prefer HostGator at the moment the most so... :)
    I Tried a lot already, but for now I think hostgator is the best 'shared hosting' provider... One.com too :)

    Greetz
     
    Aquarezz, Nov 19, 2008 IP
  3. Kwaku

    Kwaku Well-Known Member

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    #23
    Yeah.. I guess my frustration comes from the hopeless state of the hosting market in general. Still ; I have had good experience with the more expensive hosters like Mosso (cloud hosting from Rackspace) and Iweb.com. I would take iweb.com over HG any day. But then again; I run sites for money, not for fun :cool:
     
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  4. loopline

    loopline Well-Known Member

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    #24
    I have used them for about 4 years. They have great customer service, fast response. Great price and value. I would definitely recommend them to anyone. Not sure if they will go for you cookie stuffing, but worst case you will get banned.
     
    loopline, Nov 19, 2008 IP
  5. Aquarezz

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    #25
    Aquarezz, Nov 20, 2008 IP
  6. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    #26
    Agreed.
    I have experienced this before.
    I have asked some curl related question and the live support is keep saying yes they have curl.
    It not the answer i wanted
     
    mentos, Nov 20, 2008 IP
  7. Mortgage Guy

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    #27
    You can host unlimited websites with host gator , YES?
     
    Mortgage Guy, Nov 20, 2008 IP
  8. ricmetal

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    #28
    Hostrator is gone.
     
    ricmetal, Nov 21, 2008 IP
  9. Mecal

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    #29
    How would you guys compare Hostgator to Bluehost?
     
    Mecal, Nov 21, 2008 IP
  10. Aquarezz

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    #30

    Hostgator for sure ;)
    I heard more 'bad' stories from bluehost than from hostgator... + the referral system is nice too to put on your future forum/site... ;)

    Greetz
     
    Aquarezz, Nov 21, 2008 IP
  11. Mecal

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    #31

    interesting... I'll have to look into it.
     
    Mecal, Nov 21, 2008 IP
  12. jrbiz

    jrbiz Acclaimed Member

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    #32
    I use HostGator for many sites including my main ecommerce site. Have never had a problem and their tech support has been fantastic.
     
    jrbiz, Nov 21, 2008 IP
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    #33
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  14. Aquarezz

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    #34
    Yep... than make a hostgator review site, with coupons etc and your ref url.. get A LOT people signing up and pay for google adwords to let your page show one when entering hostgator reviews coupons etc :D

    That's the thing ;)

    GReetz
     
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  15. Shazz

    Shazz Prominent Member

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    #35
    Support for hostgator sucks, I had to change support people like 4 times
     
    Shazz, Nov 21, 2008 IP