http://forums.hostgator.com/ Good, bad, or indifferent, tell us how you feel about HostGator. Share your personal experiences or read about the experiences of others. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:50:58 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.hostgator.com/theme-hostgator/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.hostgator.com/ http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=59184&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:26:34 GMT I joined HG 3 years ago, moving from a very bad hosting in the UK. Boy, HG rocks. Server uptime is very good, almost never had downtime. Support is very kind and competent and honest as well. :thanks: In the meantime, I convinced my boss and a friend who does hosting to move to HG. Really... I joined HG 3 years ago, moving from a very bad hosting in the UK. Boy, HG rocks. Server uptime is very good, almost never had downtime. Support is very kind and competent and honest as well. :thanks:

In the meantime, I convinced my boss and a friend who does hosting to move to HG.

Really really satisfied. ]]> Customer Reviews ufopsi.com http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=59184 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=59083&goto=newpost Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:58:36 GMT Thought I should right a review of HG, since I have been a customer for a while. In short: Hostgator rocks. Hands down the best shared host for the money. The servers are incredibly fast, uptime is near perfect, and my favorite part of Hostgator is the *support.* You can click Live Chat and have... Thought I should right a review of HG, since I have been a customer for a while.

In short: Hostgator rocks. Hands down the best shared host for the money. The servers are incredibly fast, uptime is near perfect, and my favorite part of Hostgator is the support. You can click Live Chat and have a straightforward answer/fix to your problem in a few minutes tops.

Before Hostgator, I used a host that wasn't as dreamy as they claimed to be. HG rocks and I recommend them to everyone.

:gatorclap::gatorclap::gatorclap::gatorclap: ]]> Customer Reviews mjmorrell http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=59083 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=59067&goto=newpost Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:34:49 GMT Hostgator 1st Day Impression

Hello,

I am from India and I registered with Hostgator Baby Web Hosting Plan Today Only.

I couldn't resist myself from Posting a Short Positive Review regarding Hostgator.

I don't know anything about Website Files Transfer / Database Transfer, so I requested Free Site Transfer Service from Hostgator. The transfer was done within 1 Hours 20 Minutes and am able to browse my website without any problem (by means of Temporary URL Provided). Also the Hostgator Team kept me informing regarding every progress made in the Site Transferring Process. Hostgator Support Rocks

I immensely thanks HostGator Team for such a Fast Website Transfer without any flaws. :gatorclap: I am really very impressed :gatorlove:

Thanks :gatorshred: ]]> Customer Reviews mrintech http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=59067 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58842&goto=newpost Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:49:11 GMT I have been absolutely thrilled with the performance, specifically the speed of phpmyadmin and MySQL. I always keep phpmyadmin installed myself instead of using it through the Control Panel, since I like to always have the latest version, and it is so fast compared to my old hosting provider, I... I have been absolutely thrilled with the performance, specifically the speed of phpmyadmin and MySQL.

I always keep phpmyadmin installed myself instead of using it through the Control Panel, since I like to always have the latest version, and it is so fast compared to my old hosting provider, I almost can't believe it.

Just wanted to say how happy I am with the speed of some of my queries (which I admit are not always the most efficient) and how good the performance of phpmyadmin is.

Thanks!

:gatorclap: ]]> Customer Reviews Lobes06 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58842 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58613&goto=newpost Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:31:46 GMT i would like to thank all host gator team for the fast ,coopeartion and helping all custmer realy it is the best itis the best..... deep thanks :thanks: i would like to thank all host gator team for the fast ,coopeartion and helping all custmer realy it is the best itis the best.....

deep thanks :thanks: ]]> Customer Reviews abq4host http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58613 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58553&goto=newpost Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:25:22 GMT just moved to a vps and needed some support, transfers etc hg answered all quickly, politely and with fantastic service! So many fine and helpful gator techs! to name a Few Norris Co, Richard Sa, there was a Danny i think and one other whose name i sadly forget due to it was early and i... just moved to a vps and needed some support, transfers etc hg answered all quickly, politely and with fantastic service!

So many fine and helpful gator techs!

to name a Few Norris Co, Richard Sa, there was a Danny i think and one other whose name i sadly forget due to it was early and i hadn't had my coffee:takethatfoo: ]]> Customer Reviews christfirstforums http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58553 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58470&goto=newpost Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:35:00 GMT Well, I have been with you guys for a few weeks now. I must say my service from then and now is night and day. I am so happy I made the switch to you guys. Great load times and great service on my business shared account. :gatorclap::nerdb: Dman United Gamers Network... Well, I have been with you guys for a few weeks now. I must say my service from then and now is night and day. I am so happy I made the switch to you guys. Great load times and great service on my business shared account.

:gatorclap::nerdb:

Dman
United Gamers Network
http://www.unitedgamersnetwork.com ]]> Customer Reviews DmanWCG http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58470 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58444&goto=newpost Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:11:44 GMT I would like to thank you for providing the best hosting and having good uptime. I hope you can have even more Servers.:thanks: I would like to thank you for providing the best hosting and having good uptime.
I hope you can have even more Servers.:thanks: ]]> Customer Reviews computerwis http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58444 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58403&goto=newpost Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:04 GMT Host Gator once again has come through for us.. We just moved to a VPS server and they had it all setup and ALL files moved over in a matter of a few hours. Now the fun begins..I have some work to do to finish things on my end but I am not worried at all because I know that Host Gator support is... Host Gator once again has come through for us.. We just moved to a VPS server and they had it all setup and ALL files moved over in a matter of a few hours. Now the fun begins..I have some work to do to finish things on my end but I am not worried at all because I know that Host Gator support is there with me all the way. THANKS HOST GATOR...!!!:thanks::gatorclap::chug::cheer: ]]> Customer Reviews rangermoore http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58403 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58385&goto=newpost Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:46:59 GMT I am the author web site http://al-saharaa.com/vb I deal with the company for a long time Did not suffer during the last period of any problems with my site I am here to thank you :gatorclap: I am the author web site http://al-saharaa.com/vb
I deal with the company for a long time
Did not suffer during the last period of any problems with my site
I am here to thank you

:gatorclap: ]]> Customer Reviews prqq http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58385 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58356&goto=newpost Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:59:21 GMT 2 months back , I shifted to hostgator because my previous host actually ran away with all the money. I had paid him for a year in advance.

His support wasn't great , there were downtime every now and then .

Once I move to hostgator , i have actually forgot the word "down time" and love their 24-7 support. The support is just so polite and ready to help any time and every time.

Great going hostgator. ]]> Customer Reviews dude91 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58356 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58265&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:07:22 GMT 2 Different systems-- Cpanel for Linux and Dot Panel for Windows-- Control Panel Help is pointed to Linux-- I have both--Linux Business and Windows Enterprise-- Account details are not shared with support personel to know what services I have. I spend 45 minutes on every support chat--... 2 Different systems-- Cpanel for Linux and Dot Panel for Windows--
Control Panel Help is pointed to Linux--
I have both--Linux Business and Windows Enterprise--

Account details are not shared with support personel to know what services I have.
I spend 45 minutes on every support chat-- just getting someone to recognize that I have a Windows shared hosting account- and a Linux account --
Setting up SSL and Secure access is still unresolved after 30 days.
Would like to speak to someone who can help me. ]]> Customer Reviews plural http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58265 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58101&goto=newpost Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:11:56 GMT Today i learned that there is no difference between a customer bought $0.01 plan or customer bought $200 plan, thanks Hostgator support center. They helped me :gatorclap: Today i learned that there is no difference between a customer bought $0.01 plan or customer bought $200 plan, thanks Hostgator support center. They helped me :gatorclap: ]]> Customer Reviews whoeveryouare http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58101 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58059&goto=newpost Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:49:08 GMT I absolutely love you guys. I had to leave for a while before, but I am back and ready to get to webbin'! Thank you hostgator for all of your hard work and dedication. I would never choose anyone else :thanks::gatorclap:. ]]> Customer Reviews smcneely http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58059 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58004&goto=newpost Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:28:55 GMT I've been with HostGator off and on for various business ventures for some three years now. When I think hosting, I think HostGator. I've never seen an outage and I've never had an issue with support. I've even seen resolution within 4 minutes!

That is, until I went to a dedicated server and simply wanted the exact same setup I had within a shared and reseller account... and was denied.

It seems simple, moving to a dedicated. $219 a month for a pre-configured server with WHM/Cpanel; I expected the same technologies found in my previous accounts. But, the dedicated server lacked ImageMagick, mssql, sqlite, and sqlite2. I asked support if these could be configured, as they created the image and know it far better than I do. It's so well locked down (not really complaining about that) that installs require a ton of work-arounds.

My focus is on providing a premium service to clients who would expect their current sites to be transfered over to work. We provide eCommerce guidance. I'm not trying to be a server expert, that's why I chose HostGator for my dedicate server and not The Planet. The reason for the dedicated was not to learn how to manage a server, but to provide reliable service where we could guarantee the number of accounts on a machine and know who else was on the machine.

This is the first time I've had a negative feeling towards HG. And the hardest part, in trying to find answers as to how to get all these technologies "restored", I found numerous recommendations for dedicated providers who installed these for their clients and explained to them how they did it.

I just can't wrap my head around the fact that I can't be provided with a like product when upgrading from one to the other. I know some things like Mod Security settings may be proprietary, but free software isn't (or am I wrong and these extensions aren't free? - Thus far, I've barely been able to get ImageMagick working). I dunno, I guess I'm looking for more explanation than I can get from Support and turn this into a 100% positive review for HG on all account types. ]]> Customer Reviews keithquinton http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=58004 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=57962&goto=newpost Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:41 GMT Let me start out by saying that the Support HostGator gives to their clients is by far the best support I have ever seen, I have been greeted nicely, given fast and correct responses and the overall experience has just been amazing! We recently transferred hosts to HostGator, HostGator helped... Let me start out by saying that the Support HostGator gives to their clients is by far the best support I have ever seen, I have been greeted nicely, given fast and correct responses and the overall experience has just been amazing!

We recently transferred hosts to HostGator, HostGator helped setup our SSL, Transfer our website, and assist us with any small problems we have had, All i can say is WOW if you are currently thinking about switching to another webhost, HostGator is the one for you, not to mention it is Green Web Hosting, so your website is Environmentally friendly!

Once again, I want to thank all of the team at HostGator for all of the wonderful assistance provided! :gatorclap::thanks:

Sincerely,
Drew ]]> Customer Reviews opluxuries http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=57962 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=57846&goto=newpost Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:22:54 GMT First I would like to say that hostgator support has been always friendly, so no problems there :gatorclap: Currently my reseller account is located over Panamera server, we moved from shared to reseller about week ago (15th to be exact, if I remember right), while we were with shared server was... First I would like to say that hostgator support has been always friendly, so no problems there :gatorclap:

Currently my reseller account is located over Panamera server, we moved from shared to reseller about week ago (15th to be exact, if I remember right), while we were with shared server was down only couple times which didnt bother us too much but moving to reseller we have exprienced quite rollercoaster with our server.

Panamera has been down almost every day for 10 minutes and sometimes more/less, alto we havent yet launched any of our services we´re abit worried to launch them if server is going nuts every other day even for short amount of time, it´s really important for us to promise working environment for our users which seems to be impossible if this keeps happenning. Hopefully theres something that can be done. ]]> Customer Reviews InterCaf http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=57846 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=57343&goto=newpost Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:26:08 GMT Before a friend told me about you we were with a few web hosts and our website would go down all the time and I couldn't receive email a lot of the time (when the site was down obviously email was out the game too).

I remember one time I was waiting on a crucial email which involved us getting a significant contract and time was of the essence. We were with HostingZoom at the time and the site and email were going down all the time. We nearly lost the contract through it.

Anyway, since we've been with Hostgator all these problems have dissapeared. Solid as a rock (and that's on shared hosting :thanks: ).

Good job. Keep it going like this and you've got a customer for life :gatorclap: ]]> Customer Reviews ntj9 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=57343 http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=56980&goto=newpost Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:26:27 GMT I am extremely unhappy to have just thrown good money away by renewing with Hostgator! I renewed my domain name and hostgator accounts on October 2nd at 11:43 MDT and got my receipts from both hostgator and paypal. The domain was due to expire on October 3rd. So... Hostgator releases my... I am extremely unhappy to have just thrown good money away by renewing with Hostgator!

I renewed my domain name and hostgator accounts on October 2nd at 11:43 MDT and got my receipts from both hostgator and paypal. The domain was due to expire on October 3rd.

So... Hostgator releases my domain name and parks it on a PORN advertising site.

Their response is... oh well your domain expired and enom.com has the right to park it on any site they please. You should have sent an email to sales to tell them that you renewed. That's all your responsibility. Doesn't matter that they got the money.

I'm furious and upset that my customers and clients will be seeing this PORN advertising website until Hostgator gets their collective heads out of their collective butts.

And the whole lack of responsibility thing... upsetting and sad. Pathetic really. Probably no webhost is responsible anymore, but I'm going to be looking.

Figured that any prospective customers need to be aware to inspect the TOS very closely to find out that hostgator can do this to you do. And that they have the capability to set a default dns page for enom.com but they choose to let enom.com park a domain on a porn website. Hostgator has the capability but chooses not to do it. Very telling. And again something that prospective customers need to know.

If you are planning an adult website then Hostgator is the host for you. If you aren't and don't want your domain to be pointed to a porn site, then maybe look elsewhere if such a place exists. ]]> Customer Reviews cslactrn http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=56980