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Host Gator (hostgator.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on2016. Soft Layer (softlayer.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on2016.
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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: 05.8 / 10VISIT WEBSITE
Profile completion status: Things done ✓ Company descriptions is fine ✓ Company address location is complete ✓ Company phone/fax is 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 Note: Add a promotion or coupon
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👉 Total Reviews: 2 🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 0 👎 Bad Reviews: 2 👈 Official Responses: 01 / 10
14001 North Dallas Parkway, Suite M100 Dallas, TX 75240 US
softlayer.com is inactive, but is redirected to ibm.com
📧 Email
support@h...
sales@s...
☎ Phone
(866) 964-2867
866.398.7638
Ranks
🏆 Alexa Rating1,482▲810 (lower is better) 📈 Domains2,116,356▲1036 (higher is better) Alexa Rank in US 1,805 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA90/73🔗 Links2,748,540
🏆 Alexa Rating70,205▲9,001 (lower is better) 📈 Domains39,567▼-342 (higher is better) Alexa Rank in US 36,028
Languages
en-US
en-us
📄 Info
Ever 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
NOTE: By 2018, SoftLayer was renamed to IBM Cloud and almost fully redirected to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ (except few pages and logo) Full list of new products from IBM: https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog SoftLayer, (an IBM Company) provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises. Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, [...]Read full review
📡 Established
October, 2002
May, 2005
🏁 Site speed
Average, load time 2.9 seconds 27% sites are slower SEO Links count 27,284
Slow, load time 3.9 seconds 15% sites are slower SEO Links count 2,001
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 [...]
-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Sep 21, 2021 😠 Softlayer is no longer a good hosting solution. Save yourself the headaches and avoid them.Softlayer used to be a good company to have for hosting. Little by little it has become less support and more fees - everywhere. They just closed a [...]
👉 Total Reviews: 34 🙌 Average Rating: 9.5 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 33 👎 Bad Reviews: 1 👈 Official Responses: 0 🏆 Alexa Rating38,742▲9,696 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA48/55🔗 Links31,590
👉 Total Reviews: 8 🙌 Average Rating: 3.3 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 2 👎 Bad Reviews: 6 👈 Official Responses: 0 🏆 Alexa Rating92,196▲5,335 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA26/46🔗 Links24,729
👉 Total Reviews: 4 🙌 Average Rating: 10 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 4 👎 Bad Reviews: 0 👈 Official Responses: 0 🏆 Alexa Rating144,988▲57,587 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA25/48🔗 Links9,416
👉 Total Reviews: 34 🙌 Average Rating: 9.5 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 33 👎 Bad Reviews: 1 👈 Official Responses: 0 🏆 Alexa Rating38,742▲9,696 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA48/55🔗 Links31,590
👉 Total Reviews: 8 🙌 Average Rating: 3.3 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 2 👎 Bad Reviews: 6 👈 Official Responses: 0 🏆 Alexa Rating92,196▲5,335 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA26/46🔗 Links24,729
👉 Total Reviews: 4 🙌 Average Rating: 10 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 4 👎 Bad Reviews: 0 👈 Official Responses: 0 🏆 Alexa Rating144,988▲57,587 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA25/48🔗 Links9,416
