I've never used Hostgator myself so I can't quite comment on their service, but about 99% of what I hear about them is positive, so they must be doing something right.
I have been using Hostgator and have not got any problems. I am a member of another forum and Hostgator is highly regarded in the forum. But some there tell horror story ,using Godaddy,though I thought Godaddy are a large compny and ok.
I have several websites running on HostGator. Their support is excellent and so is their loading times. I recommend HostGator to everyone - big or small. Yay, bro. Definitely.
hostgator has billboard ads around here. it was somewhat disturbing to see that driving down the road. my experiences with them have been pretty good.
I'm using HG for 3 months and for me, HG is good, i have no issues. But i'm going to move next month, because i feel a bit slow.
Wordpress is the only thing I'm hosting on HostGator. Works perfectly. I think I have about 17 wordpress-based sites over there in total. One thing that's pretty funny is that I've created a wordpress-based website ABOUT HOSTGATOR. Lol.
Why is that? Feel free to explain as I see myself as a pro but still have about 20 websites hosted @ HostGator.