Hostgator Is Unreliable And No Longer Recommended
Published on August 2, 2013
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Hostgator has become completely unreliable ever since "upgrading" the server hardware that my sites were on (Early June).
I have "caught" them down at least 10 times. Sometimes for just a few minutes, other times longer. How many times have my sites been down where I didnt' catch it?
My adsense revenue has plummeted. Part of that is, I think, a change at Google. But Google now shows some site metrics that includes "Site health". They have noticed!
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Each time I complain I get some message back about "data center issue" or "networking issue". It's costing me money and REPUTATION.
I have started moving my sites to Media Temple. $20/month for 100 sites. Not as cheap as Hostgator, but I'm told by one of my partners that the support is at least U.S. based, unlike Hostgator. They do not use cpanel like Hostgator, but they do have 1 click installs of WP. That's all I really need. Hostgator's cpanel is hard to find what I need anymore anyway with all the options that are little more than "ads".
If you want to check out MediaTemple, message me for my aff link. Or if you prefer, go to MediaTemple.net
Update: Again, the response claims they are upgrading their Provo (Utah) - which is new I think - data center networking capabilities. For the how many'th time? Is it the last? Will know next time my sites go down.
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