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Hi warriors,

This question is aimed at any warriors who are UK based and use Hostgator.
I have been questioning whether its a good idea to have a US based hosting company when I,m in the UK.
I did ask Hostgator this question and they did admit that from time to time there were issues with UK based clients having trouble with loading speeds.

I was enquiring if there were any UK based warriors out there who have had any problems with Hostgator .

If so who do they use now.

Many thx
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  • Profile picture of the author Graham Maddison
    Been using hostgator for 2 years with absolutely no problems at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author AndrewStark
      never had any issues, and they have 24/7 live support, so shouldn't be anything to worry about.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marco Yandun
    Got some UK friends using HG and never had problems,

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    • Profile picture of the author AmandeepS
      I was thinking about going for hostgator because of its popularity but in the end I went for Justhost which is UK based - its brilliant! support and ease of use is fantastic!
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  • Profile picture of the author David Louis Monk
    This has come a few times recently and whilst Hostgator is a good service there were some network problems recently which meant a lot of sites went off line. For this reason, I gave the following suggestion:

    One reason for having two servers; one either side of the pond is for backup and if the network goes down in the US as it did a little while ago and Hostgator was down, you can easily change the DNS settings to point to the other server.

    If there is a problem with the connection across the Atlantic linking the UK with the US then having two servers on either side with one acting as a backup leaves you with not having all your eggs in one basket so to speak.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dietriffic
    It makes no difference to you, really.

    It's more down to your target market. Will the site be targeted towards Americans? Then a US host is what you want.

    If, however, you're site is .co.uk and aimed at the UK market, get a UK based host.

    Google use your host IP to help give relevant results.
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    • Profile picture of the author Thomas Smale
      Originally Posted by Dietriffic View Post

      It makes no difference to you, really.

      It's more down to your target market. Will the site be targeted towards Americans? Then a US host is what you want.

      If, however, you're site is .co.uk and aimed at the UK market, get a UK based host.

      Google use your host IP to help give relevant results.
      This is spot on.

      If you're looking to rank in the Google.co.uk results then you want a UK host really (make sure they have UK IPs) ideally.

      For a normal site, Hostgator will be absolutely fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pluton
    I'm based in the UK and have been using Hostgator for the past 4 years - their service has always been superb - no problems at all.
    Whenever I've submitted a ticket, for whatever reason, it's been dealt with quickly and in a very professional way. I would recommend them to anyone.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pluton
    Just a quick additional comment - maybe Melanie has a point re Google but I would'nt really know. I must admit a lot a lot of my traffic does come from the US but also a large part comes from the UK using .com and .net and also .co.uk
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