The first uptime results for my comparison between five of the most popular web hosts are in. I’ve got myself a web hosting account with HostGator, HostPapa, 1and1, GoDaddy and Dreamhost so I could see what it really is to host with them.
Since then, I’ve monitored their servers using WhatsUp Gold from IpSwitch. Of course, [...]

It’s now time for Round 3 of HostGator vs. DreamHost! This time we’re going to compare both providers’ customer support.
HostGator Customer Support
HostGator provides technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can require assistance by contacting them by phone, using their online support ticket system or through live chat. They have [...]

It’s now time for round 2 of DreamHost vs HostGator. Last time we’ve compared shared hosting plans but now lets see what both providers offer when it comes to dedicated hosting.
DreamHost Dedicated Hosting
In order to provide dedicated hosting, DreamHost has partnered with Hosting.com, a leading hosting company. Hosting.com has big-name clients such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, [...]

Too often people are blinded by huge hosting features such as storage space and bandwidth when they shop for a web host, but little do they know about the small prints. The small prints are the provider’s TOS or Terms Of Service, that boring part of the contract where you click “Yes” without reading.
As most [...]

Almost a month ago I made a post about upcoming web hosting benchmark tests. I’ve now got some hosting accounts with HostGator, HostPapa, DreamHost, GoDaddy and 1and1 so let the match begin!
Let’s start by quickly introducing the contestants.
HostGator
In business since 2002, HostGator offers shared hosting, reseller hosting and dedicated servers (Linux and Windows).

Shared Hosting Price [...]

This is round 1 of our comparison between DreamHost and HostGator. If you don’t know much about these two web hosting companies, I suggest you read my introduction post here: HostGator vs DreamHost
Shared Hosting Features
Ok so both providers are obviously oversellers and mostly HostGator in this case. What does this mean? It means that they [...]

I have been receiving a lot of questions whether you should be hosting your website with HostGator or DreamHost. Turns out I have a web hosting account with HostGator but I have never hosted with DreamHost. Therefore I decided to get an account with DreamHost so I could compare both and help you decide which [...]

I’ve got several shared hosting accounts over the last few days, some of them are for my clients while others are for me. I will be performing benchmark tests on each of them to find which ones perform better. I will also be comparing various aspects such as reliability, support, control panel, features and pricing.
Here [...]

I’ve never been interested much in online website building tools, but lately I took a look into HostGator’s SiteBuilder. I gotta say that creating a website has never been that quick and easy.
If you want to take advantage of the SiteBuilder, you gotta fill this from here: https://secure.hostgator.com/sitebuilder.php. It’s free with any hosting plan but you have [...]

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