| Overview: HostGator, which was founded in 2002, | | | | serious. |
| currently hosts over 2,200,000 domains worldwide. | | | | Customer Support: HostGator is committed to |
| Between an aggressive marketing strategy and a | | | | providing the best customer support available by any |
| reputation for providing industry leading service, | | | | hosting company. In an effort to do this they provide |
| HostGator has quickly established itself as one of the | | | | their customer base with a customer satisfaction |
| top web hosting companies on the net today. | | | | survey in order to gauge how well they currently |
| HostGator started with just 3 servers and now | | | | support their customers and where there is room for |
| manages its 225,000 customers on over 7,000 | | | | improvement. While HostGator works endlessly to |
| servers. With 225,000 customers and counting, there | | | | improve their customer service they are already |
| is no question that HostGator is an expert in the | | | | regarded as one of the best support teams by any |
| hosting industry. | | | | hosting company. There are several options to |
| Web Hosting Plans: HostGator currently offers 3 | | | | contact them including a toll-free number, live chat, |
| different hosting packages to satisfy the needs of | | | | and support ticket system direct from your cpanel. |
| webmasters on a budget all the way up to | | | | Green Web Hosting Initiatives: HostGator currently |
| webmasters that maintain a large network of | | | | offers its web hosting service at 130% wind power. |
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| All plans feature unlimited disk space and bandwidth | | | | on the environment by purchasing certified renewable |
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| there is a HostGator plan that will work for you. | | | | leader of the green web hosting initiative. |
| Reliability: HostGator boasts 99.9% uptime for your | | | | Summary: HostGator is a smart choice as they are |
| websites and backs that with a guarantee. Your site | | | | not only one of the top web hosting companies on |
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| HostGator has system administrators on site at the | | | | competitive with today's hosting market then look no |
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| proactively tackle any problems before they become | | | | |