The Hostgator Black Friday Sale starts this Friday and it is HOT!!

This has got to be the coolest deal in web hosting history! On Friday morning Hostgator will be slashing all of their products from 50% up to 80% OFF!!!   This will be the best DEAL in 8+ years of web hosting for Hostgator and you really don’t want to miss it!

Starting this Thursday at midnight (Friday 12:00AM CST to be exact!) on November 26th (central time or -6 GMT) – Hostgator will be running one of the Internet’s biggest web hosting sales EVER SEEN!!!

You will NOT want to miss out on this great offer. This is going to be a record breaking day for HostGator and You get to cash in on the savings!

So here the scoop on the Hostgator Black Friday Sale for 2010:

Hostgator will be offering 50% OFF EVERYTHING From 12:00AM CST – 5AM CST

They will be offering 80% OFF EVERYTHING From 5AM – 9AM CST WHILE SUPPLIES LAST (first come, first receive; so definitely don’t miss out!)

From 9AM – 11:59PM CST OR after 80% OFF accounts have sold out, they will continue to offer 50% OFF EVERYTHING

This applies to ALL accounts and ALL Term Lengths. You will receive up to 80% off of up to 3 years worth of Hosting! That would come out to $35.64 for 3 FULL YEARS!  Can I say this again?!?!

$35.64 for 3 FULL YEARS!!!!!

This sale includes all of their products from Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting AND even Dedicated Servers! Never before has Hostgator ever had a promotion this big on EVERYTHING including reseller, vps and dedicated servers AND ALL Term Lengths!!

Set your alarm clocks because this is going to be the craziest Hostgator Black Friday Sale ever!

This will apply to the  first invoice (first term length you sign up for whether that be 1 month or for 3 years).

This promotion gives you an opportunity to get the Hostgator award winning hosting for as little as:

• Shared Hosting – $4.95/month AS LOW AS $0.99/month
• Reseller Hosting – $24.95/month AS LOW AS $4.99/month
• VPS Hosting – $19.95/month AS LOW AS $3.99 First Month
• Dedicated Servers – $174/month AS LOW AS $34.80 First Month

As you can see, this is an absolutely CRAZY DEAL and you have an opportunity to save the MOST MONEY at Hostgator‘s Black Friday 2010 Sale!

Remember the best savings on web hosting will be had from 5:00AM CST until 9:00AM CST on Friday morning only.  Once its over it is over.

Making DNS changes can be scary if you’re not sure exactly what to do.  Many people use Godaddy as a registrar for their domains and often have problem or questions when trying to change DNS in Godaddy to point to their web site or web hosting provider.

In this video I walk you through the exact steps that you need to do to change your DNS in Godaddy to point to your Hostgator account.   Watch over my shoulder as I change one my new domains names in Godaddy to send traffic and visitors to my web server at Hostgator.

Do you still have questions? Leave a message below and I will help you with any DNS issues you may have.

Before you choose a web hosting service provider who is perfect for all of your needs, you may not need to do any research at all. Just log on to the web and look around. Within minutes, you’ll find a ton of hosting providers eager to make you their customer. Some of them even offer free web space to go along with the deal! Really – Webmasters have it easy when it comes to opting for a web space.

But be honest with yourself – Without doing any real web hosting comparisons, do you think you would be able to find the right web host for your website? You need to understand that a website is a long term asset, it is important for you to find the right web hosting provider to call your cyber-home. The best way to do this is simply compare the same features across different web hosts, to understand which web host will work for you.

The message is this – It’s Important to Compare!

While comparing web hosting providers, here are some key things you should take into consideration

• How much web space do they offer – Really, all that you want to know from your web host,is how much web space or disk space can they offer you. This is not to say that a web host offering more space is better, but at the same time, this is a good place to start with.

• What are the Language, Operating System and Database Support they offer – It is time to get a bit technical here and understand what the support is provided by the web host. Some web hosts who offer Linux hosting web services would focus on supporting PHP-MYSQL, WORDPRESS, JOOMLA and other such applications, while a Windows based Web Hosting service would offer .NET applications support.

• How is their customer support and what is their service up time – Service up time is often a concept that is played around with a lot, by web hosting service providers. Most of them promise a 99% service up time, but often ignore the time taken in maintenance activities.

• Finally, the role played by the customer support team in helping you manage your web space is important to understand. Let’s face it – In dealing with a web host, there are only some things you can control. For all others, the customer support team should come in handy.

These should ideally be the points you should think of, when you get to compare web hosting service providers.  But again – These would only come into play when you get to compare them.

Do more comparisons to find the recommended web hosting that works for you. Check out RecommendedWebHosting.org and see which companies are the Top Rated Web Hosting Companies available to you.

My last article explained a bit about How to Setup a Web Site.  But before you can setup your web site you need to find a good hosting provider.  “Where will you host your new website?”  There are a lot of web hosting providers out there both big and small.  And just because they are a big operation doesn’t mean you will get the most bang for your buck.  Even the little guys can provide superb service. Here are a few things to consider to help you choose a good hosting provider.

Reliability - Does the web hosting provider have new fully supported hardware.  Or do they have old equipment that may break down at any minute.  Are they backing up your files or will they provide a file backup service in the event a problem arises.

Speed - If your website is slow because of your service provider, your visitors will not stay around to watch the web page load.  Many web hosting companies use virtual servers to keep the price cheap.  They carve out many many little virtual servers out of one large physical web server.  If the physical server is over subscribed, meaning too many virtual servers, the physical server comes to  a crawl and becomes very slow.

Ease of Use – How easy is it to manage your website and your hosting account?  What about adding new domains or sub-domains?  Or creating email addresses?  Most competitive unix based hosting providers use cPanel to allow their users to manage their accounts.  cPanel is very intuitive and easy to use.  Some larger web hosting providers like GoDaddy have their own web portal for managing dns, web and email settings.

Support -  Do they have a knowledgeable friendly staff and that can help you and solve your problems quickly?  What are their hours of support?  If you have a problem will you be able to call them when  you need them?

Stability - The internet is open 24 hours a day and so should your web site.  If the server you “rented” is not in good shape, over subscribed, or if the web host just didnt pay their electric bill, your web site will suffer.

WordPress Support-  This one is great if your a blogger. Having the ability to quickly and easily install WordPress is a must.  Also having a support staff who understand WordPress will really help you in the event you run into trouble.

Price - Last but not least price.  Price may not be everything but in the competitive world of web hosting price can means the difference between having customers or not not having customers.  And just because they charge a lot doesn’t mean its better.  Some of the best web hosting providers charge only $6 or 7 bucks a month and are outstanding places for you to host your web site.

List of recommended providers. – Below is a list of web hosting providers that I recommend.

Hostgator – This is who I use (LOVE THEM!)

BlueHost – Used by Yaro Starak and Caroline Middlebrooke

HostMonster- Used by Brian Johnson and many top bloggers and webmasters

There are many more but these are ones I have experience with or others I know have recommended.  If you have any web hosting providers that you love let us know!  We would love to hear about them.