07 August 2009

Hostgator Is Green, What Is All That About.

By Simon Bentley

Hostgator only began in 2002. I say only because in this relatively short space of time they have manged to become one of the biggest hosting companies in the world with over 2 million domains currently being hosted. They are not stopping on their laurels however and continue to plan ambitious growth.

They are primarily a budget web host and provide hosting accounts starting at 5 bucks a month and going up to 13 for a business account, which is certainly affordable for everyone.

Even at these exceptionally low prices the account are all unlimited. Customers can host as many domains as they want as well as use as much bandwidth and diskspace as they need for their purposes. The domains are accessible via FTP and Cpanel and come with technologies such as Perl, MySQL and SSH to name a few.

Now, all this stuff is great, but for me there are 2 things that make Hostgator really stand out.

The first is the high level of service, even though the accounts are shared the server speeds are very good and I can get through to the support team quickly, either by the chat function, phone or email.

There is no long term contract to sign. That means that when you open an account it can be canceled at any time. They are even prepared to give your money back up to 45 days after you have signed on if for some reason you do not want to continue with their service.

Secondly, they are are environmentally friendly company, meaning that they run all their servers from renewable energy credits. This is a big plus for me, as I am very concerned for the environment as well and it has been a passion of mine for some time.

For me this means I am getting the complete deal, a good company at a cheap price and something that allows me to run my business in line with my conscience. To me it is a very good match, that I hope you will see as well.

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