Hostgator -Should i Go for It or Not?

by garyseo786

Posted: 13 years ago 31 replies

well,

i have been searching for a batter host for some of my new sites . Hostgator seems to be the best choice so far but while browsing about hostgator , i found that they do allow adult content on their shared servers . well, its suddenly making a bad impact in mind , could it affects a site rankings if a adult site and a other normal niche sites are hosted on same ip?

please Worriors help me to make a right decision

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omrishabbat 13 years ago

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- garyseo786 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by omrishabbat
  
  I know that Hostgator has a very cheap business plan with a private IP- something like $15-$20 a month, have you looked at that?
  
  not really ,i am actully looking for a 5 ip plan from Seohosting managed by Hostgator . but as they all are shared ips so i was making sure that an adult content website on my ips can cause a ranking drop or something .
  
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jazbo 13 years ago

Google does not penalise adult content. Why would it?
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- garyseo786 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jazbo
  
  Google does not penalise adult content. Why would it?
  
  as we don't want to backlink to an adult content site so we also don't want to run our website with bad neighbourhood . may be its totally a myth because i am totally new with this condition so not sure , so far i am running my sites with a clean ips but not having a good uptime with the particular host .
  
  thats why i am here ?
  
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Derek Salfen

13 years ago

Sharing an IP with a spammer is worse than sharing an IP with an adult site. As far as I know Google doesn't punish adult sites...

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danaprince

13 years ago

I love hostgator. If you're concerned, maybe spend a little more and go with something dedicated.

Their support is excellent. One night when I first got started, I broke 7 of my sites. I sent a support ticket before going to bed, feeling sick about it. When I woke up it was all fixed.

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Derek Salfen

13 years ago

Originally Posted by danaprince

Let me chime in on their support, great response times and friendly people. Almost as friendly as GoDaddy.

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scott g 13 years ago

I LOVE Hostgator! Their hosting is superb and their Customer Service just puts the icing on the cake. I've made lots of changes, hosted many domains/subdomains - some Wordpress, some not. $14.99/mo for the business hosting. Unlimited everything!

Can't beat it. I would use no one else besides Hostgator. Godaddy for domains and Hostgator for hosting.

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TBInternetMarketing 13 years ago

I use them and can't complain. Think I pay about $9 for unlimited sites. Can't complain about that. Also their support is top notch. Once one of my sites wasn't showing (turned out because I had only just bought the domain name 5 min before) and their online live chat staff were great!
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HartechSoftworks 13 years ago

Hostgator definitely, for those of you who still wonder if Hostgator is the choice, check out Hostgator Ultimate | For Everything Hostgator they do give a small rundown on both the pros and cons of Hostgator.

Personally I have been using them for the past 5 years with no issues, they do excel with their customer service and pricing.
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NestZone

13 years ago

Well if you are really concern about the ranking of your website, then i will be suggesting you go for HostGator business plan for it also gives you the possibility to use a dedicated IP.

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HartechSoftworks

13 years ago

Originally Posted by NestZone

Well if you are really concern about the ranking of your website, then i will be suggesting you go for HostGator business plan for it also gives you the possibility to use a dedicated IP.

Ranking of a website based on the host is quite irrelevant, basing on the hosting specifications is a different story.

A server is a server.

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micksss 13 years ago

I've been with hostgator for almost 3 years now running 12 sites on their Baby plan with no problems.
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InitialEffort 13 years ago

Ranking a website based on host actually does matter. If your website downtime is high, you will rank lower.
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- The Content King 13 years ago
  
  I highly recommend Host Gator. I started out with Dot Easy, went to Go Daddy and now I'm at Host Gator. Not only do they have live chat on their website, which helped me through all my questions, but they're more affordable than the other two and I get much more for my money, like unlimited domains on my hosting service. I now tell everyone to go to Host Gator. Reliable, inexpensive and the customer service is just downright awesome!
  
  That being said, the other poster is right. You shouldn't get hit just for adult content. Search engines need to deliver that stuff to targeted individuals, too.
  
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JamesGw 13 years ago

I'm not a huge fan of Hostgator. They used to be good but have been going down the tubes lately.
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- francischan35 13 years ago
  
  If anyone has problem with Host Gator, you can send an email brent @ hostgator.com he'll do whatever he can to make things right.I've guess his the owner of host gator.
  
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  freshmusic 13 years ago
  
  recently I changed my hosting from godaddy to hostgator. And what I have to say is that is big , enormous differences between this two hosting. In godaddy didnt have any solutions for my problems for 2 months, after I write to them couple times, but hostgator resolve this for 3 minutes. Also they have live chat, if you have problems...Thats my experience with hostgator
  
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.X. 13 years ago

Customer support is/has always been great.

Quality of the hosting does seem to have
declined over the past 2 years.

I checked this thread just to see if anyone
else has seen that and it appears so.
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- Kay King 13 years ago
  
  as we don't want to backlink to an adult content site so we also don't want to run our website with bad neighbourhood
  
  What does backlinking have to do with choosing hosting? You are over analyzing the issue. I doubt you'll find GOOD hosting that only allows sites on topics you approve of.
  
  I've used HG for years with no problems at all. The "neighborhood" of hosting is the world. What's important is customer service and minimal downtime for your sites.
  
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William Fox 13 years ago

If you are concerned about being on the same IP as an Adult Site, purchase the business plan which does come with a dedicated IP and your worries will go away. I have used Hostgator for the last three+ years with excellent performance and service!
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- MikeBarcus 13 years ago
  
  I switched from GoDaddy (couldn't get scripts to run correctly) to HostGator 6 years ago and have never looked back.
  
  Their prices are great and customer service is #1.
  
  Whenever I've had a problem (most of them were my fault) they took care of them very quickly.
  
  A client of mine was having problems with GoDaddy running the same script that I was running on HostGator. I talked him into switching to HG, they even migrated his site to their servers, and the script started running the way it was supposed to.
  
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dagaul101 13 years ago

I think the search engines have advanced to the point that they will not penalise a site for content hosted on other sites even though they are the same IP, when they can easily find out that they are just using the same host
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mianriz 13 years ago

I have 3 reseller accounts with hostgator.com ... They are best in support
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- easyrider7 13 years ago
  
  I have found Hostgator's customer service to be excellent. They are always very quick. Once they fixed a problem with my website within 3 minutes of the problem being logged.
  
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  rdbrazil 13 years ago
  
  This company sets the standard for Customer Service.
  Period. Period. Period.
  
  After every interaction they ask to rate them. They send
  instant e-mails of live chat. I run 5 sites on Hostgator
  and never have a problem
  
  When I have a question they are there 24/7. I once spent
  2 hours driving their customer service nuts answering my
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Sweely99 13 years ago

I absolutely love HostGator. Go for them!
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achong 13 years ago

Go for Hostgator. They ara very welcome and helpful. My blogs are hacked sometime, and they are help me clean them.

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Matt Broody 13 years ago

Hostgator is great

Go with it
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dylantickell 13 years ago

I used hostgator for most of my site. So far, never encountered any problem with it.
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jtotani 13 years ago

While I too am a big Hostgator fan, if you are really paranoid about sharing an IP with a porn site, then go with a hosting company that does not allow adult hosting at all.

Justhost.com does not allow adult content on their shared plans.
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Targeted Traffic 13 years ago

Hostgator is known for their superb customer support...its a great choice.
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