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Host Gator (hostgator.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
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Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
✓ Promotions are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years

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👉 Total Reviews: 57
🙌 Average Rating: 5.8 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 35
👎 Bad Reviews: 22
👈 Official Responses: 0 5.8 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

57 user reviews		speedfox.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

Things to do
✗ Twitter and Facebook accounts are missing
✗ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are missing
✗ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are missing
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👉 Total Reviews: 6
🙌 Average Rating: 3 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 2
👎 Bad Reviews: 4
👈 Official Responses: 0 3 / 10

6 user reviews
 
Host Gator
5005 Mitchelldale Suite #100
Houston, TX 77092
US
Part of Newfold Digital
hostgator.com		Speed Fox
107 Ranch Road 620 South
Austin, TX 78734
US

speedfox.com is inactive, but is redirected to websitesource.com
speedfox.com
📧 Emailsupport@h...support@s...
☎ Phone(866) 964-2867+1 512 261 1101, Fax: +1 512 261 1101
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 1,482▲810 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 2,116,356▲1036 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 1,805
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 90/73🔗 Links 2,748,540		🏆 Alexa Rating 4,420,514▲4,186,316 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 18/32🔗 Links 1,268
Languages en-USen
📄 InfoEver since they started their activity in 2002, HostGator has managed to develop a wide range of web hosting services, domain registration and other various services (Web Design). The awards they have won from the beginning of the company strengthen HostGator’s reputation.

Shared Hosting plans from HostGator each come with a free SSL certificate, unmetered bandwidth and 1-click installs. There are a number of free features available with these plans: free HostGator website builder; free [...] Read full review		SpeedFox has a solid reputation as an ethical web host that is driven by ideas. We are problem solvers looking for the perfect solution for you and your company. Our goal is to satisfy your requirements from technology to service and provide (above the industry-standard) network uptime. SpeedFox Hosting plans start at $4.95. SpeedFox is available 24/7. Contact us today. Quick Facts: Speed Fox was founded in 2002 and is a privately held company. Parent company, Website Source, Inc. was founded [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedOctober, 2002January, 2002
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.9 seconds 27% sites are slower
SEO Links count 27,284		Average, load time 2.5 seconds 44% sites are slower
SEO Links count 7
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
 
🔃 User Shares
hostgator.com Iconhostgator
Started from: August, 2008
  • Tweets: 34,755
  • Followers: 82,804
  • Friends: 20,667
  • Last activity:
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Hostgator.com
  • Followers: 3,276
  • Entity type: Public Company
  • Founded: 2002
  • Employee Count: 501-1000
  • Industry: Internet
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Host Gator Blog
  • Blog Posts: 1,112
  • Blog added on: Dec, 2011
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

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🔧 Shared Hosting - 3/7
💡 Plan NameHatchling [Linux]SpeedFox 3 Star Plan [Linux]
💰 Price$ 2.75/mo. VAT exc
($ 10.95 after first term)		$ 9.95/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited600 MB
📶 Data Transferunmetered10 GB
🔌 Hosted domains1 
🆓 Free Domain1 
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Now 60% OFF!

One Click Installs
Free SSL Certificate

Web Hosting Features
Flexible, Easy to Use Control Panel
Unmetered Bandwidth
Unlimited Sub Domains, FTP Accounts, and Email Accounts
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
No Contract with a 45 Day Money Back Guarantee
Free With Each Hosting Plan
Free Website [...]		INFO (mouse over)SPEEDFOX connects using Time Warner TELECOM directly from our network to Time Warner Telecommunications' nationwide fiber network. Time Warner TELECOM is the leading provider of metro-area broadband optical networks and services to businesses.
Operating System:LinuxWeb Server [...]
📅 Date PlanNov 2021Oct 2008
💡 Plan NameBaby [Linux]SpeedFox 4 Star Plan [Linux]
💰 Price$ 3.50/mo. VAT exc
($ 11.95 after first term)		$ 19.95/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited800 MB
📶 Data Transferunmetered15 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited 
🆓 Free Domain1 
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Now 60% OFF!
One Click Installs
Free SSL Certificate

Web Hosting Features
Flexible, Easy to Use Control Panel
Unmetered Bandwidth
Unlimited Sub Domains, FTP Accounts, and Email Accounts
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
No Contract with a 45 Day Money Back Guarantee
Free With Each Hosting Plan
Free Website [...]		Same as previous plans
📅 Date PlanNov 2021Oct 2008
💡 Plan NameBusiness [Linux]SpeedFox 5 Star Plan [Linux]
💰 Price$ 5.25/mo. VAT exc
($ 16.95 after first term)		$ 29.95/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited1 GB
📶 Data Transferunmetered20 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited 
🆓 Free Domain1 
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Now 60% OFF!
One Click Installs
Free SSL Certificate
Free Upgrade to Positive SSL
Free Dedicated IP
Free SEO Tools

Compare plans at http://www.hostgator.com/shared-compare		Same as previous plans
📅 Date PlanNov 2021Oct 2008
💡 Plan Name-SpeedFox Business Basic Plan
[Linux]
💰 Price-$ 49.95/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1 GB
📶 Data Transfer-40 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Oct 2008
💡 Plan Name-SpeedFox Business Deluxe Plan
[Linux]
💰 Price-$ 59.95/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1500 MB
📶 Data Transfer-50 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Oct 2008
💡 Plan Name-SpeedFox Business Deluxe Plus
[Linux]
💰 Price-$ 99.95/mo.
💿 Disk Space-2 GB
📶 Data Transfer-70 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Oct 2008
💡 Plan Name-SpeedFox Business Deluxe Professional
[Linux]
💰 Price-$ 149.95/mo.
💿 Disk Space-2500 MB
📶 Data Transfer-100 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Oct 2008
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 1/0
💡 Plan NameEnterprise [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 139.99/mo. VAT exc
($ 249.98 after first term)		-
💿 Disk Space1000 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU8 Core / 16 Thread Intel Xeon-D CPU-
🔋 RAM30 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs3-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, Plesk, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Now 48% OFF!
Maximum Performance

As the only customer on a dedicated server, you have the full system resources directly at your disposal
With both HDD and SSD hard drive options available, our flexible server configurations make it easy for you to choose what's best for your website
[...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2021-
🔧 Reseller Hosting - 1/0
💡 Plan NameSilver [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 24.95/mo. VAT exc
($ 59.95 after first term)		-
💿 Disk Space140 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1,400 GB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Now 58% OFF!
Free SSL

Make Money By Hosting Your Own Clients!

A HostGator reseller plan is a great way for you to earn money on the side, or even become your own full-time web hosting company. Acquire your own hosting clients, or if you're a web designer you can use a reseller web hosting plan [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2021-
🔧 Managed Hosting - 1/0
💡 Plan NameWordpress Business [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 9.95/mo. VAT exc
($ 27.95 after first term)		-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains3-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Now 57% OFF!
Monthly Visitors 500,000
Free SSL Certificate
Relative Compute Power 5X
100% FREE Migration Up to 3 sites
Automated Daily Database Backups Including File-Level Restore 3 GB
Automatic Malware Removal YES
Email Accounts Unlimited
Google Adwords Credit* $100		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2021-
🔧 VPS - 1/0
💡 Plan NameSnappy 8000 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 39.95/mo. VAT exc
($ 119.99 after first term)		-
💿 Disk Space240 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 Cores CPU-
🔋 RAM8 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Fully-Managed Server (Optional) CPanel $10/mo.

Multiple layers of network security and several bandwidth providers are utilized to ensure maximize server reliability
All VPS servers are housed in a state-of-the-art data center featuring redundant power and HVAC units
A RAID 10 disk [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2021-
🔧 Cloud - 1/0
💡 Plan NameBusiness Cloud [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 9.95/mo. VAT exc
($ 19.95 after first term)		-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain1-
💪 CPU6 Cores-
🔋 RAM6 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free Upgrade to Positive SSL

Free SEO Tools

Now 45% OFF!

Local Caching YES

Free SSL Certificate

Sub Domains Unlimited

Parked Domains Unmetered		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2021-
🔧 Domains - 1/0
💡 Plan Name.com .biz .co .info .net .org-
💰 Price$ 12.95/yr. VAT exc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over).com $12.95*
.biz $12.95*
.co $12.95*
.info $12.95*
.net $12.95*
.org $12.95*

Domain Locking
Prevent unauthorized transfer (or "hijacking") of your domain names. You can also unlock any domain should you choose to.

Domain Renewal
Your domain names will auto-renew by default. This will prevent [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2021-
🔧 Website Builder - 1/0
💡 Plan NameeCommerce-
💰 Price$ 9.22/mo. VAT exc-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited Pages

Free domain name registration - 12 month term

Ad vouchers - $200

Analytics

SSL certificate

Connect existing domains

Password protection

HD video & audio

Save, view, or restore site history

Remove ads

Chat, email, & phone support

Priority [...]		-
📅 Date PlanMar 2020-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux/Windows
  • Linux
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • Reseller Hosting
  • Managed Hosting
  • VPS
  • Cloud
  • Domains
  • Website Builder
  • Shared Hosting
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
-anonymous- (woltmann@t...)
on 📆 Oct 29, 2023
Average Hosting Experience with HostGator
😃 HostGator is an okay choice for hosting, especially if you are on a tight budget. However, if you prioritize excellent customer support and faster website performance, you might want to explore other options before making your decision. My [...]

-anonymous- (msdanajane@g...)
on 📆 Jan 22, 2019
😠 I signed up for their business shared hosting for 3 years. After 1 month my add-on domains stopped working. An upgrade from free to paid SSL took a week for them to get working. The ticketing system is no longer available, so a 20min wait via live [...]

Jim Dietrick (pinballrevival@c...)
on 📆 Apr 06, 2009
😉 My website is down, and has been for 3 days, and no form of help is available from Speedfox. Call are directed to a mailbox where no one is available. Attempts at live chat support result in a time out saying live chat is not available. There is [...]

s sausedo (ssausedo@e...)
on 📆 Apr 14, 2009
😠 DO NOT SIGN UP WITH SPEEDFOX!I have have been fairly happy with speedfox overthe last couple of years and have had pretty good support when an occasional problem occurred but, over the last few months, they have nose-dived out of control it [...]

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