Is there any webhost better than hostgator?

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Hey Warrior,
Is it only hostgator that's in the world? I've got 25 functional websites with them and I'm yet to have a compliant! Can't there be something up to pal or better? Are they simply the best in the market and all others are just struggling to breath? I'd really like to know.

Really....what better host on earth will successfully knock out hostgator with their array of service at a cheaper price? Let's get it rolling guys!

Tim
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  • Profile picture of the author Lazy
    I agree, host gator is pretty sweet. I've found cheaper webhosting, but none with an easier interface than hostgator.

    Note, I rep their product, so take this with a grain of salt. I also use it, and couldnt be happier.
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    • Profile picture of the author prosell
      Same here would love a cheaper service with the same quality but will stick with them until then because they're awesome!
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      • Profile picture of the author pacesetter007
        Originally Posted by prosell View Post

        Same here would love a cheaper service with the same quality but will stick with them until then because they're awesome!
        You got the idea buddy! I'm rolling in the rollercoastal until something better or worse as tpw puts it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
    Dreamhost is easier to use. I pay about $10 a month for unlimited bandwidth and storage. One of my sites has over 30 gigs of content, no problems at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author rkcc4
      Originally Posted by Rich Struck View Post

      Dreamhost is easier to use. I pay about $10 a month for unlimited bandwidth and storage. One of my sites has over 30 gigs of content, no problems at all.
      You could be paying less than $8 for that and new customers pay less than $5 at Dreamhost
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    I would rephrase the question: Is there anything worse than HostGator?

    LOL

    I despise them, so I had to roll through and kick em....
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    • Profile picture of the author Gary King
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post


      I despise them, so I had to roll through and kick em....
      Why?

      Where did you go after administering the beating?
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  • Profile picture of the author RevenueGal
    I use hostgator and vodahost...both have excellent service!
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    • Profile picture of the author IamPower
      I use iClickster - their hosting is unbelievably cheap. I doubt there are any hosts that offer yearly prices with unlimited bandwidth and space.

      But their not ideal for domains.. I think I prefer buying from US sites when it comes to domain names, as it works out cheaper and cost effective for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by pacesetter007 View Post

    Really....what better host on earth will successfully knock out hostgator with their array of service at a cheaper price?
    I like Peer1, but then, I own my server. They just assign it an IP address, plug it in, and walk away.

    I like it that way, because then I can do anything I want. I don't have to worry about my host shutting me off, because they have nothing to do with me. If you sent a DMCA complaint about one of my domains to my host, they would throw it away.

    Which makes it next to impossible for someone to harass me through my host. And I like that.
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    • Profile picture of the author 82ana
      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

      I like Peer1, but then, I own my server. They just assign it an IP address, plug it in, and walk away.
      IM Rock star!
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  • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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  • Profile picture of the author smartalex4
    Wow this is lucky....my Hostgator contract is up for renewal in 2 weeks and I was just starting to thinking about if I should stay with them or not...looks like I will
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  • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
    Most of people use Hostgator as the main hosting account. As an option i choose BlueHost, Justhost and DreamHost for hosting.
    This is another comparison by top10reviews

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    • Profile picture of the author Gunedat
      Actually, many people would disagree with hostgator being the best. I think one of the reason they are quite famous is because of their affiliate program. But of course, if their service is really ****ty, no good affiliate pimping will cover that up.

      But in the end, they are the only hosting company i use.
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    • Profile picture of the author zoeguy
      Originally Posted by fullmatrix View Post

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      You will find many host better and cheaper than HG.
      Good advice, I did just that and hooked up with Stablehost several months back after reading very good reviews and finding 50% off for life deal @ WHT... place is like the WF for hosting.

      Originally Posted by DogScout View Post

      As to HG, they recently ... well details are unimportant, lets say 'took advantage of a situation'. Not sure why anyone would use them after that post. But that is just me.
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      I would rephrase the question: Is there anything worse than HostGator?
      LOL I despise them, so I had to roll through and kick em....
      This is why reading reviews at WHT can be very beneficial long term wise...
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  • Profile picture of the author sam770
    Hostgator is great, but did you check bluehost? i think that its cheaper
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    • Profile picture of the author The Blueprinter
      It can be dangerous to have to many websites with the same host provider. I have 4 domains and none of them with the same webhosting.
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  • Profile picture of the author hardikvg
    how about Fatcow .. they have some pretty good deals. im planning to sign up with them. they ve been in busniess since 1998.. they offered me one year unlimited hosting for $46 which includes one first domain (.com) . and also u can host unlimited websites.

    the cheap price made me think twice.. are they any good guys?
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  • Profile picture of the author jackpot9
    Hey! I'm actually surprised nobody mentioned Bluehost. Ain't they the best in the market? They look professional, good customer service, and they provide unlimited hosting for cheap. Maybe it's just me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ehsan_am
    I think one of the main reasons for which Hostgator is so popular among IMers is their reseller package. Most IMers have several websites and a reseller hosting package will allow them to have all their sites in the same package.

    Other companies like Bluehost do not offer reseller hosting which could be a turn off. I personally use site5 and I'm really happy with their customer service.
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  • Profile picture of the author coollife84
    thnx for the great onformation . i will go for hostgator . any coupons codes ???
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      • Profile picture of the author pacesetter007
        Brother please tell me the hosting you use that'll knock hostgator off their feet...? If you can tell me, I'll consider dumping hostgator and joining that webhost for a dirt cheap price?
        Originally Posted by Clara James View Post

        I think there are more better hosting sites than hostgator! I personally don't like hostgetor.
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        • Profile picture of the author DogScout
          Originally Posted by pacesetter007 View Post

          Brother please tell me the hosting you use that'll knock hostgator off their feet...? If you can tell me, I'll consider dumping hostgator and joining that webhost for a dirt cheap price?
          Bluehost... one of two hosts I know of that load balances and only one that both load balances and uses cpanel. Ask Gaskill for an affiliate link (PM)

          You asked '...that'll knock hostgator off their feet...? If you can tell me, I'll consider dumping hostgator and joining that webhost...'

          And they are cheaper than HG. (As an aside, not that paying $10-20-50 more would not be worth load balancing). As to HG, they recently ... well details are unimportant, lets say 'took advantage of a situation'.

          And from their own company blog!...

          Highlights from Internal Company Email | HostGator Web Hosting Blog | Gator Crossing

          Not sure why anyone would use them after that post. But that is just me.

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  • Profile picture of the author JHC81
    If you ask me I would say no there isn't. You could go with godaddy but I hear their hosting sometimes crashes and don't have that good of customer support, again I don't know that for fact this is what I hear. Hostgator on other hand has good hosting and customer service is great and great prices too.
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  • Profile picture of the author arcadiasmith
    Try this:

    Blue Hosting
    Monster Host
    IX Web Hosting
    Yahoo! Small Biz
    PowWeb
    GreenGeeks
    JustHost
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  • Profile picture of the author 82ana
    I'm new so i'm just gonna ask. Why is no one mentioning "Godaddy" what did they do? or they do do. O_o
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    • Profile picture of the author Lazy
      Originally Posted by 82ana View Post

      I'm new so i'm just gonna ask. Why is no one mentioning "Godaddy" what did they do? or they do do. O_o
      Go daddy is fine for buying domains, but there are much better deals on hosting out there.
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      • Profile picture of the author Justin W
        Originally Posted by Lazy View Post

        Go daddy is fine for buying domains, but there are much better deals on hosting out there.
        Agreed, Buying domains through Host Gator is a bit steep ($15 I think?) but I've had absolutely no problems with their hosting.
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      • Profile picture of the author 82ana
        Originally Posted by Lazy View Post

        Go daddy is fine for buying domains, but there are much better deals on hosting out there.
        Hmmm... I only have the one site with godaddy but it cost me a few cents over $50 (domain and hosting). I got 5 mentionable freebies with them (10 free credits on fotolia, business registration etc) but the Pièce de résistance was the $125 credit on Google Adwords!

        That's why I was wondering how "good" are these other hosting packages.
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        • Profile picture of the author Lazy
          Originally Posted by 82ana View Post

          Hmmm... I only have the one site with godaddy but it cost me a few cents over $50 (domain and hosting). I got 5 mentionable freebies with them (10 free credits on fotolia, business registration etc) but the Pièce de résistance was the $125 credit on Google Adwords!

          That's why I was wondering how "good" are these other hosting packages.
          Whatever works for you. All I know is that I have unlimited bandwidth and unlimited domain hosting for 7 bucks a month. And a kickass affiliate program to boot.

          Yes warriors, I rep hostgator. You should too, you can get $125 per sale.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Binnie
    I've never had a problem with hostgator. Go for a big established company. How much would it cost you if your site was consistently crashing. You pay a bit more for a reason.
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    • Profile picture of the author DogScout
      Originally Posted by Mark Binnie View Post

      I've never had a problem with hostgator. Go for a big established company. How much would it cost you if your site was consistently crashing. You pay a bit more for a reason.
      According to their own company blog, it appears HG is NOT a big established company?

      Originally Posted by Hikari08 View Post

      HostGator and DreamHost are among two of the most popular shared web hosting companies. They are both well established companies with excellent reputations.
      With IMers... NOT with the general public.
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  • Profile picture of the author Roland Hop
    I used to originally use DowntownHost. Absolutely horrible service and I would never recommend it to anyone. Now i'm using Bluehost and couldn't be happier. I've never really been a fan of godaddy and hostgator and all those..
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  • Profile picture of the author tritrain
    I have several hosts and am very happy with Hostgator.

    If you all wouldn't mind, I'd love it if you'd vote/rate your favorite or least favorite web hosts http://www.warriorforum.com/blogs/tr...rate-them.html
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    I am happy with my hostgator service. Webhostingpad is a lot cheaper only $2.95/mo for their service. Basically, this includes unlimited domains, mysql, and their up time is very excellent and then some. That said my experiences with hosting I bought on ebay has been horrible to put it nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author SoundsGood
    All Hostgator sites have been down for the past 10 minutes or so. Even Hostgator.com (which seems to be back up now).

    Pretty strange... I guess it happens to the best of 'em.
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  • Profile picture of the author oscarte
    I use WebHostGiant. I am happy with it. It is cheaper than Hostgator still you have a complete separate cPanel for each domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author russells
    In my opinion, Hostgator are the best and I've tried a few.

    They are reasonably priced and their support is AWESOME.

    The best support by far and that's why I choose them ever time.

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  • Profile picture of the author techvic
    Bluehost is comparable. Hosting is a small part of the cost of owning your own business, and it's the last thing I'd cut costs on. Your site goes down, you won't make any money. Rackspace is much more expensive, but we use them and they've saved my butt a time or two, essentially providing a level of service and competence I haven't seen anywhere else.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Hostgator is already one of the cheaper hosting providers around, so I'd caution against just looking around for anything cheaper (if that is your intent).

    What's the point of saving maybe $1 or $2 each month when you may end up not getting the same level of service and customer care that Hostgator providers? Is it really worth taking that chance?

    You say you have 25 sites already up - if this is the case, I'd caution against switching hosts. Transferring this many websites could be problematic and you could run into numerous issues while doing it - is it really worth the risk in interruptions and potential problems with your websites?
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  • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
    Hostgator is the best one. After that Justhost and Bluehost can be used as alternatives
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    • Profile picture of the author traianturcu
      I use Justhost and I am very pleased. I pay 70$ for 2 years and everything is unlimited.. I have around 30 live websites and they run pretty smoothly
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  • Profile picture of the author AdiPurush
    Other than hostgator i have tried only justhost which was full of problems and worst ever customer service so i am back to hostgator and not really thinking about change for sometime atleast.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrea Wilson
    I use hostica in addition to hostgator. So far its been working nice for me and it has cheap options as well, say a $1 hosting.

    Andrea
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  • Profile picture of the author TomBuck
    My personal opinion NO but if you want one in your own country then you will need to go with someone else.
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  • I'm 100% happy with HostGator: cheap, reliable, good support, etc. I certainly recommend them.
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    • Profile picture of the author Itachi
      hey, i was wondering why peoples are using hostgator as a main and something cheap for the other , is it to avoid putting all eggs in the same basket ? since there are unlimited domains and bandwidth
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      • Profile picture of the author rkcc4
        Originally Posted by Itachi View Post

        hey, i was wondering why peoples are using hostgator as a main and something cheap for the other , is it to avoid putting all eggs in the same basket ? since there are unlimited domains and bandwidth
        I always keep the registration seperate and if you spend any time in this business you will have accounts with all the majors.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheTroglodyte
    I have used so many other companies and my websites would ALWAYS go down with them. Host Gator is the only one I will use now as I have never had 1 problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author Oranges
    I think most of us use Hostgator for their main websites. My other options are bluehost, hostmonster and justhost. They all are okay.
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    I use dreamhost
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