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The Importance Of Web Hosting

If you want to build a site, online platform or any other web-hosted business, you cannot go past the importance of web hosting quality. Therefore, knowing how to search and select the best for you is necessary, especially if you need to get professional services that will scale easily, have a reduced downtime and not interfere with your content or activity.

HostGator Introduction

HostGator offer a broad range of services, but they’re undoubtedly best known for their well-priced shared hosting plans. They offer three shared hosting services - Hatchling, Baby and Business - and each one steps up the service options and support provision. In addition, HostGator offer, reseller plans, VPS hosting and dedicated servers, as well as an affiliate programme.

HostGator is a private company. The current CEO Brent Oxley formed the company while he was at university in 2002. Now, HostGator host more than 8 million domains for 400,000 customers in over 200 countries. Originally based in Florida, HostGator’s rapid growth lead them to a move to Texas in 2007. They have a base in Houston and an office in Austin, plus an Indian arm which you can find at http://hostgator.in. Additionally, HostGator have a third office in Brazil which manages http://www.hostgator.com.br. They currently employ 200 people but are expecting to double this in the next couple of years.

HostGator Hosting Plans

Hosting Plan	Disk pace	Bandwidth	Price
Linux Hatchling	Unlimited	Unlimited	$6.95/month	ViewPlan
Linux Baby	Unlimited	Unlimited	$9.95/month	ViewPlan
Linux Business	Unlimited	Unlimited	$14.95/month	ViewPlan
Gold Reseller	160GB	1200GB	$74.95/month	ViewPlan
Aluminium Reseller	50GB	500GB	$24.95/month	ViewPlan
Copper Reseller	80GB	700GB	$34.95/month	ViewPlan
Silver Reseller	120GB	1000GB	$49.95/month	ViewPlan
Diamond Reseller	200GB	1400GB	$99.95/month	ViewPlan
Basic Dedicated	250GB	1500GB	$174.00/month	ViewPlan
Standard Dedicater	2x 250GB	1500GB	$219.00/month	ViewPlan
Elite Dedicated	2x 500GB	2500GB	$279.00/month	ViewPlan
Pro Dedicated	2x 500GB	2500GB	$374.00/month	ViewPlan

HostGator Support

HostGator’s support options are pretty comprehensive for a low-cost shared hosting provider. You can access 24/7 live chat support, a FAQ, email support or phone support (within the US, it’s free to call their phone number). It’s not clear where their support staff are based.

Support and billing is provided via a portal where customers can login to upgrade their account, access user forums, check out the knowledge base and watch helpful video tutorials on some of the most common configuration questions they’ll face. This account login is separate from the Cpanel login. In addition, transfer requests are handled smoothly via a quick online form.

HostGator Control Panel

All of HostGator’s Linux plans come with Cpanel 11 as standard, and users are given a variety of themes to choose from. Cpanel provides access to all the features you’ll need, including webmail, one-click backups and DNS settings for Google Apps.

Reseller accounts are also provisioned with Cpanel and WHM. Both Cpanel and WHM are optional on VPS and HostGator’s Linux dedicated server hosting plans. On a Windows dedicated server, Plesk 11.x is included in the price.

On VPS plans, HostGator also provide Virtuozzo, an administration package for the server itself.

All customers get access to a separate billing area to organize

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If you have created a blog on wordpress platform of the existing topic which you are having on blogger platform. Then don't worry at all! This article expalin you very simple steps to import your all blogger posts into your new wordpress posts.
And You just need to do this process as early as possible after creating your wordpress blog so that your posts will be linked back into wordpress blog and remain listed in search engines.

Step 1: Go to your WP-admin Panel >> Tools >> Import

Step 2: Click on the button shown in this image " blogger "

Step 3: Give the Authorization to wordpress to grant access !

You just give the permission to WordPress to access your existing Blogger account by click on the button shown here “Authorize”.

Step 3: Now click on " grant access "

When you have granted the permission to wordpress to access your blogger account, you are now able to find a list of all the blogs of your certain Blogger account which is currently singed in.

Step 3: import the one of your blogs listed here!

As shown in above image there are many blogs listed. These are the list of your blogs attached to your blogger account.

You Just import that perticular blog which you want to import to WordPress by pressing “IMPORT” button shown in the right side of above image.Give the admin rights after the blog is completely imported into your wordpress account .

So you have imported all your blogger posts into wordpress.

I hope you have enjoyed and understood the way of importing.

Enjoy blogging!!