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HostGator is one of the giants in the hosting industry, focusing on smaller low-end hosting customers, but recently introducing competitive products in the higher end dedicated server and VPS server hosting areas. Hostgator is consistently associated with good customer service and high reliability. 

Headquarters: Houston, TX

Year founded: 2002

Number of employees: 210

Number of customers: 250,000

Price (basic web hosting): $4.95 / month

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Services offered:

• Shared hosting
• Dedicated servers
• VPS servers (virtual private servers)
• Reseller hosting

Notable differences vs. other hosting companies:

• 45-day money-back guarantee
• $100 in Google AdWords credit
• Industry's best 24/7 technical support staff

Customer comments:

• "HostGator is actually one of the more established hosts in the industry and should rank fairly decent for the above mentioned (apart from budget - the prices might be quite costly if you are only running a very small website). However for the cost, you would at least be assured of a certain quality standard so it really boils down to your needs."

Coupons / discounts:

• Coupon: click to activate a 15% discount to your HostGator subscription

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