Hostgator is one of the most successful web hosting companies out there in the World Wide Web. Its offers unbeatable and affordable some would say cheap web hosting for the everyday customer including all business sizes. It now actually hosts over 1% of the world's traffic, and for those not in the know THATS A LOT.
The marketing department of Host Gater usually offers some type of great discount when signing up like a promotional coupon to entice you, some so good that you can usually get you’re first months hosting with absolutely no charge whatsoever.
Hostgator Features Review
Hostgator offers linux hosting only(even though they are expected to start windows hosting in the near future). All their packages come with all the features needed for a serious website. Baby and Swamp packages allow unlimited domains(add on), which makes a lot of sense if you have multiple websites. They use cPanel, which is the best control panel around. You get Fantastico script installer which will install most of the popular open source scripts with few clicks.
They support PHP4 & 5, SSH, Cron jobs, Python, Ruby On Rails etc. Also, all the packages include enough POP3 accounts(20 for Hatchling and unlimited for others).