Favorite WebHost To Date: HostGator

Yes, hostgator is No BS’ choice of webhosting so far. They have kept to their promise and delivered fairly well as a shared webhosting plan.

If you have not hosted your website before, then you ought to know about cPanel. It is one of the most widely used control panels for webhosts and of course, one of the best around. If you’re finding a webhost, you got to at least start with one that provides cPanel. The things you need are all laid out nicely, and you’ll get awstats too (a software that allows you to look at the traffic to your site). If you forget hostgator, just don’t forget cPanel.

But this hopefully will keep hostgator on your mind - you get a large discount (USD9.94) off your first month if you use any one of the four coupon codes:

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To pay only $0.01 on your first month’s hosting, follow this link to compare the shared hosting plans and look for the “baby” plan. The “baby” plan is the most affordable one, with more than enough features, scripts, etc. Use one of the codes to get the special price. If you’re not happy, you can always switch after the first month.

By the way, it’s Linux hosting. This means it’s more secure, more extensible and has more features. That includes Ioncube and Zend - for those who are buying scripts for your website. Bought scripts tend to be encrypted, to add another layer of protection for copyrights I guess.

Because HostGator is a month-to-month payment, you can decide to switch hosts anytime. Of course, in order to keep you, they’ll need to do more too, like having reasonable loading times, which appears to be missing in other (cheaper, and sometimes even more expensive) webhosts. With the 5GB disk space (”baby” plan) and 75GB bandwidth, your website would be pretty comfortable in that “baby” croc nest.