{"id":4185,"date":"2012-09-25T11:12:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T16:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2016-05-03T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T15:36:47","slug":"hostgator-the-best-host-for-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/hostgator-the-best-host-for-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"HostGator: The Best Host For Bloggers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Blogging.org\" href=\"http:\/\/blogging.org\" target=\"_blank\">Blogging.org<\/a>, a well-respected site in the blogging community, recently conducted <a title=\"a comprehensive survey of 5,600 bloggers\" href=\"http:\/\/blogging.org\/blog\/top-25-hosting-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\">a comprehensive survey of 5,600 bloggers<\/a> in order to determine the &#8220;Top 25 Hosting Companies&#8221; for bloggers.\u00a0 HostGator took first place, with 1907 out of 5600 votes; just shy of 900 more votes than 2nd place received.\u00a0 This is an honor that we at <a title=\"Web Hosting by HostGator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hostgator.com\" target=\"_blank\">HostGator<\/a> do not take lightly, and we are very happy to be able to share this news with you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogging.org\/blog\/top-25-hosting-companies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4210\" title=\"blogging\" alt=\"HostGator Named #1 Best Web Host For Bloggers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/blogging.png\" width=\"610\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/blogging.png 610w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/blogging-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The voting criteria was based on which host the aforementioned 5,600 bloggers used and which host they would recommend to their peers.\u00a0 With over 203 million blogs online today, blogging is an undeniable online presence these days.\u00a0 There are 31 million bloggers in the US alone, with 43% of the total bloggers using <a title=\"Check out HostGator's WordPress Hosting Solutions For Bloggers!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/apps\/wordpress-hosting\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>, including this HostGator blog.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that this survey was completely unbiased and affiliate payouts were not a factor in this survey; it truly is simply the honest opinion of the blogging community.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a title=\"http:\/\/blogging.org\/blog\/top-25-hosting-companies\/\" href=\"http:\/\/blogging.org\/blog\/top-25-hosting-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blogging.org\/blog\/top-25-hosting-companies\/<\/a> in order to see a further breakdown of the related statistics as well as the other 24 hosts that made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the perfect time to start your blog with (or move your existing blog to) HostGator.\u00a0 Take advantage of our <a title=\"Enjoy Easy 1-Click Installs of WordPress With HostGator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/apps\/wordpress-hosting\" target=\"_blank\">1-click installs of WordPress<\/a> and have your blog online today.\u00a0 Use coupon code BLOG to receive 25% off your first invoice on any new sign-up*!<\/p>\n<p>*this coupon expires on October 9th, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogging.org, a well-respected site in the blogging community, recently conducted a comprehensive survey of 5,600 bloggers in order to determine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-hosting-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HostGator: The Best Host For Bloggers! 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