Web Hosting & VPS Tips

Question: Is HostGator good for high-traffic sites?
Answer: HostGator’s shared hosting caps at ~100k visits/month—high traffic needs their Cloud or VPS plans (e g 2GB RAM) Test load withon Ubuntu—expect <15s total time No SSH or UFW on shared—Cloud plans offer cPanel with SSL and phpMyAdmin Uptime averages 99 9%—check with ping domain com (<50ms) For >500k visits SiteGround’s Cloud Hosting scales better (auto-scaling CPU) ensuring MySQL and FTP handle spikes without downtime