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Wait... does HostGator allow hosting PPC type ads?

by dredogol
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Okay.. I'm a little confused after reading HostGator's Terms and Services:

here is the link:
Terms of Service - HostGator

2.) Content
All services provided by HostGator may only be used for lawful purposes. The laws of the State of Florida, the State of Texas, and the United States of America apply.
The customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless HostGator from any claims resulting from the use of our services.
Use of our services to infringe upon any copyright or trademark is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to unauthorized copying of music, books, photographs, or any other copyrighted work. The offer of sale of any counterfeit merchandise of a trademark holder will result in the immediate termination of your account. Any account found to be in violation of anothers copyright will be expeditiously removed, or access to the material disabled. Any account found to be in repeated violation of copyright laws will be suspended and/or terminated from our hosting. If you believe that your copyright or trademark is being infringed upon, please email abuse@hostgator.com with the information required. A list of required information may be found here. If the request is of a licensing issue, we may require further documentation.
Using a shared account as a backup/storage device is not permitted, with the exception of one cPanel backup of the same account. Please do not take backups of your backups.
Examples of unacceptable material on all Shared and Reseller servers include:
  • Topsites
  • IRC Scripts/Bots
  • Proxy Scripts/Anonymizers
  • Pirated Software/Warez
  • Image Hosting Scripts (similar to Photobucket or Tinypic)
  • AutoSurf/PTC/PTS/PPC sites
  • IP Scanners
  • Bruteforce Programs/Scripts/Applications
  • Mail Bombers/Spam Scripts
  • Banner-Ad services (commercial banner ad rotation)
  • File Dump/Mirror Scripts (similar to rapidshare)
  • Commercial Audio Streaming (more than one or two streams)
  • Escrow/Bank Debentures
  • High-Yield Interest Programs (HYIP) or Related Sites
  • Investment Sites (FOREX, E-Gold Exchange, Second Life/Linden Exchange, Ponzi, MLM/Pyramid Scheme)
  • Sale of any controlled substance without prior proof of appropriate permit(s)
  • Prime Banks Programs
  • Lottery/Gambling Sites
  • MUDs/RPGs/PBBGs
  • Hacker focused sites/archives/programs
  • Sites promoting illegal activities
  • Forums and/or websites that distribute or link to warez/pirated/illegal content
  • Bank Debentures/Bank Debenture Trading Programs
  • Fraudulent Sites (Including, but not limited to sites listed at aa419.org & escrow-fraud.com)
  • Push button mail scripts
  • Broadcast or Streaming of Live Sporting Events (UFC, NASCAR, FIFA, NFL, MLB, NBA, WWE, WWF, etc)
  • Tell A Friend Scripts
  • Anonymous or Bulk SMS Gateways
  • Bitcoin Miners
  • PayDay Loan Sites (including any site related to PayDay loans, PayDay loan affiliate progams, etc)
Now, I'm new to the entire Affiliate Market thing... but based on some of the "Build Mailing List" and "Redirect" strategies... will I be able to host on HostGator?
(I must be thinking of vendor/publisher side businesses, not client/affiliate side?)

Little confused now...

The fact that HostGator allows Adult Content is great (unlike BlueHost), so I can see massive income stream potential there.
I've seen/heard so many Affiliate Marketers use HostGator... I'm assuming it's okay...
#ads #affiliate #content #hostgator #hosting #illegal #ppc #type #wait
  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    I've never heard of anyone having issues with them, what traffic sources are you interested in and how will you be using hostgator? (Direct linking? Lp? Etc?)
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  • Profile picture of the author JustinDupre
    PPC = Pay to Click sites. Like NeoBux where you get paid less than a cent to click ads. You can host landing pages or sites you are running ads to, or run banner ads on your sites, you just can't host your own PTC site.

    Banner Ad Services - Like if you tried to run SiteScout on their services. You can buy SiteScout traffic and sent it to HG, but you can't open your own banner network on there. This may possibly apply to heavy traffic media server software, as well, but if you were hosting that on HostG, you have no sense trying to run media buys.

    Push button mail scripts - You can have Aweber scripts on your site, you just can't host mailing software on their services. Again, if you are running mailing software through a HG server, you probably shouldn't be mailing in the first place because you don't know what you are doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author dredogol
    @JustinDupre
    Hey, thanks for the info!
    I figured it pertained to "hosting" those services, and not "using" them like most affiliate marketers do.

    BTW, what's HG?, 'cuz I don't understand what you mean by:
    Again, if you are running mailing software through a HG server, you probably shouldn't be mailing in the first place because you don't know what you are doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Weblover50
    HG = HostGator
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  • Profile picture of the author Ean Stark
    You're simply confusing them with other sources,yes they allow them.

    Best,
    Ean
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