How to choose a Web Hosting Provider! Hostgator vs. Godaddy.
I just went through the process of choosing a web hosting provider. Or should I say Blog Hosting provider. I have been with Godaddy for years and was a happy customer. Then I started blogging using a Word Press blog. Things weren’t going smoothly with Godaddy. At times my blog pages were coming up blank and the load time was very slow. Then when I introduced Firepow to automate my blogging business it got even more complicated. As Firepow is optimized for Hostgator.
I quickly learned about cpanel hosting interface vs. Godaddy’s proprietary interface. The standard is cpanel which is an interface that one can learn to navigate fairly quickly. Plus, most training you will find online provides cpanel instruction. An easy to use hosting control panel is very important when you are creating blogs and websites. Hostgator, also provides the fantastico hosting interface which I haven’t tried yet.
Then there is sql database creation. Godaddy takes a different approach. One cannot just simply point to “localhost” for the location of the database with Godaddy. You need to jump through hoops to find the location. Hostgator provided excellent support and imported my sql database which was a great help in moving my blogs to their system.