Imagine if you were able to genetically combine Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Darth Vader and Barbara Streisand into one horrifically terrifying being. Now imagine that being is actually a piece of proposed legislature — the terrifying creation in your midst would then be the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which is currently being considered by the House. ? SOPA, aka H.R. 3261 is a bill right now in the House sponsored by R-TX Lamar Smith. It’s not just any bill though, it’s a bill that would allow the USDOJ, RIAA, MPAA and anyone else who lobbies for the entertainment industry to effectively censor the internet to suit their needs. ? James Allworth recently wrote “Is this really what we want to do to the internet? Shut it down every time it doesn’t fit someone’s business model?” and I couldn’t agree more. Censorship is a slippery slope. Not only that but it also creates an absurd amount of bureaucratic busy work. Here at HostGator we already spend a HUGE amount of time answering DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) requests. If we allow our representatives to begin deciding what is and what isn’t ok for you to view on the internet then where will it ...

Snappy here with an important announcement! HostGator.com has sent me a company memo this morning confirming that they are once again participating in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October and I wanted to pass the good news along to you. Memo: “In 1985, the search for a cure for Breast Cancer was gaining headway and AstraZeneca founded National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness of this growing cause. Thanks to the establishment of NBCAM, in October of each year, organizations across the nation focus on the fight, helping to promote mammography as the most effective weapon in the race against breast cancer. HostGator.com is proud to join these organizations in their support for a cure.This year, in honor of NBCAM, HostGator.com has turned Snappy the Gator pink on the website. We have also set up a special coupon code “PINK” which will allow 20% off the first month of any hosting account we offer. We will be donating the proceeds from the first month of every sign-up that uses this code to breast cancer research. We have also created a few banners for our clients who wish to let the world know that their web host cares ...

I receive hundreds of emails a month from customer’s thanking me for the great service we provide and even a few letters utilizing the old fashion snail mail method. The majority of snail mail reviews I receive our complaints about the hosting services my company has provided. The only problem is that more times then not they get my name correct and the company I own wrong. The Letter:I decided to have a little fun with my response to them…………Dear Customer, I’m emailing you in regards to a letter I received in the mail from you today. In this letter you described a few recent negative support experiences you had with Inmotion hosting. I wish I could say I’m sorry for these negative experiences you had but unfortunately I’m not. In fact It pleases me slightly to hear about your poor experience with Inmotion. I highly recommend you take your business to hostgator.com immediately. As owner of Hostgator I’ll do everything in my power to make sure you receive 99.9% uptime along with 24/7 quality support. If you’re interested in signing up with us I’ll be happy to give you the first 6 months of service free to try us out. I’ll also do my ...

Greetings, Domains, Domains, Domains Everyone is interested in an update on our domain registrar launch. We hear you, loud and clear! While we can’t nail down an exact launch date quite yet, this is a top priority and it’s something that we are working on every day. We have greatly expanded our development team (over 10 members now) to launch this and other HostGator products as quickly as possible. So without making any false promises, we can tell you it is coming “soon.” HostGator Biggest Loser:HostGator held its own biggest loser 2.0 recently. It was a great success with many of our employees losing lots of weight! There was also a friendly competition between the Austin and Houston offices for who would lose the largest percentage of body weight. Austin won! Tim B. was the overall winner, losing nearly 14% of his body weight! Great work. With the win, the Austin office was treated to a great “Grill Fest” on July 1st. We were busy in June We thought we handled a lot of support inquiries in May (roughly 520,000), however we blew that away in June. We answered: 193,708 Chats 105,000 Calls And 252,693 Tickets Over 551,400 chats, calls and tickets were answered in June. Accept credit card payments online!Are you looking to sell products ...

Greetings, Gators, Another month already!? We know we’re a little behind on this month’s newsletter, sorry about that! We once again have some great announcements for you this month though. We Launched Unlimited Shared Windows Hosting:We are excited to announce that we launched Windows shared hosting services last month. More information can be seen at www.hostgator.com/windows-hosting.shtml We’re offering unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, Parallels Plesk control panel, ASP/ASP.net Support, Microsoft SQL 2008 (R2) and many more features! Simply check out the new windows hosting page for more information. New SiteBuilder! Beautiful Designs coming soon! After MONTHS of searching and testing out more site builders than I originally thought were even available, we have found the best – and our clients deserve nothing but the best! We will be introducing BaseKit, FREE to all of our clients within the next 60 days (at most). Why BaseKit? Here are just a couple of the reasons we chose BaseKit: - Extremely easy to use - Completely Drag and Drop - Huge List of beautifully designed templates that you can customize - Tons of additional widgets for you to implement (Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps, RSS, Flickr, forms, YouTube, PayPal, calendar, and many more)! - Supports multiple Languages - Can add/edit your own HTML and CSS - Can import PSD designs - ...

If you’ve ever been on the HostGator official blog before, you may have noticed a few things. Actually you may have noticed that something was missing. Where’s Snappy? We decided that it’s time to bring Snappy back to his natural habitat, the swamp. You’ll notice Snappy with a new modern look as he enjoys gazing at the breezy clouds and wading through the swampy waters. We want to make it easier for you to connect with us, so we put our RSS feed, Facebook, Twitter, and hiring icons above for easy access. You can now also get updates via Email to enjoy at your convenience, in addition to being able to easily share and comment in posts with Facebook and Twitter. We’re making greater efforts to roll out more blog posts, use our Flickr account actively, and upload more videos, so don’t forget to sign up for updates on the latest HostGator news! What do you think about the new design? Chime in!

Greetings, Gators, We have some exciting news and several fun HostGator happenings to share with you this month. Bandwidth Increased to 10TB on ALL Dedicated Servers! All dedicated servers now include 10TB of Bandwidth standard (an increase of as much as 8.5TB FREE!). This includes ALL current/past dedicated server clients as well as new dedicated...

Greetings, Gators! We have another exciting newsletter in store for you. A lot has been going on this month, and there are a couple of big announcements to make! ? We’ve outgrown our swamp! We’re expanding! With so much growth over the last few years, we’re now outgrowing our headquarters office in Houston, Texas. So...

Greetings Gators, Another wonderful month has passed here at HostGator. February was a busy, cold month for HostGator and we have some exciting events coming soon. South By Southwest: SXSW is an annual music, film and technology festival in Austin, TX. In recent years, SXSW has been a large promotion and launching ground for new...

Anyone who has ever watched the discovery channel for an extended period of time can tell you that if there’s one thing a gator is ill prepared to handle, it’s an ice storm. Due to the recent arctic cold fronts arrival here in Houston the HG staff got to experience first hand what a Texas...

Gator Happenings Greetings Gators, 2010 was a big year for HostGator. We have some exciting announcements in store for you in 2011, and a recap of some of the great events of 2010. 2010 Recap: HostGator saw Record Growth: In 2010, we grew by 2 MILLION Domains! We grew from 2.9 Million Domains Hosted in...

Greetings, We have some exciting news and updates for you this month about our new domain registry service, a sneak peek at our new upcoming domain management control panel, our billing system migration and a tour of our new HostGator Austin Office (now fully loaded, HostGator style). Our billing system migration is nearly complete! With...

Back in 2007 we leaked a company email from Brent Oxley, then HostGator CEO, to our blog. Since that time we’ve grown by leaps and bounds (to the tune of 610%), became the 21st fastest growing company on the Inc. 5000, added a new office location in Austin, TX, and are over 450 employees strong....

Gator Happenings Hello everyone, We’ve been very busy around here lately, implementing new and exciting features and services that will provide our customers with an even better webhosting experience. Our domain registrar service is nearing completion, and we are also looking into other technologies and services that may be implemented as well. One of the...

Here at HostGator, we are all about our clients. We continually strive to provide the very best support and newest hardware and technologies available, as well as provide informative and entertaining content  to our blog readers and forum members. With that being said, we would like your input. How are we doing? What would you...

We have all known someone in our lives, either close friends, or family who has suffered from some form of cancer. AstraZeneca, which manufactures breast cancer drugs Arimidex and Tamoxifen, founded the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 1985. The aim of the NBCAM from the start has been to promote mammography as the most...

Gator Happenings August proved to be a record setting month for us here at HostGator, with over 26,000 sign-ups! The best part of all this is that we are currently so overstaffed that many of our employees have been complaining that there is no work for them to do. In the business world, a company...

A HostGator office is not exactly your run of the mill workplace. On any given day a normal HostGator employee usually encounters several things a normal office might consider ‘out of the ordinary’. A prime example of such an instance are the elevators HG employees use on a daily basis. Both our Houston & Austin...

One of our long time employees, Dwayne St. John had a birthday today. Check out the cake: Now THATS dedication!  Happy Birthday Dwayne!

Welcome to Austin We have arrived in Austin, TX!  A lot of our customers and employees at our Houston headquarters wanted to know more about the new office and, of course, see some pictures. August 9th, 2010 myself and other members of our management team arrived at our new home. Walking around we saw really...