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Legal and Acceptable Content

Acceptable content for websites. Does HostGator allow my site?

For more information, we recommend reading the Terms of Service section 2.


Do you allow adult sites?
Yes, we allow adult sites. They must be legal in the United States of America.

Do you allow sites to advertise for money?
Yes, we allow sites to have commercial advertisements.

Can I use advertisement banners?
Static HTML banners are allowed, but a script-based banner uses the server processor and can crash the server (especially if the banner loads on many different pages).

Examples of unacceptable material for shared and reseller:

STORING FILES - Our shared servers are not for archiving data, files, videos, mp3's or anything else. Archiving means storage, keeping a copy or backup, etc. We try to be flexible but if someone wants the Baby plan to store 80 gigs of videos this is not something we can do.

MEDIA STREAMING - HTTP stream has a defined beginning and end. Live stream joins in the middle of a broadcast, like tv, radio or webcam. We do support HTTP stream, but not live stream on a shared server.

Examples of unacceptable material for all servers (even dedicated):
  • IRC
  • Pirated Software (Warez)
  • Hateful/Racist/Harassment oriented sites
  • Hacker focused sites/archives/programs
  • Bank Debenture/ Trading Programs / Forex
  • ...more can be located in our TOS

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Article Comments

Mary
Do you allow Forex education and review sites? I am not a broker.

Posted: August 11, 2009
HostGator
Yes, informational sites about Forex are fine.

Also, you may sell the programs, but you may NOT run them on our servers.
Posted: August 12, 2009
cliffe
I am setting up an adult site selling videos by downloads and possible streaming and live webcam can you advise me which is the best deal to have please. I'm thinking of starting with the baby package and upgrade later.
Posted: September 20, 2009
HostGator
A live stream or webcam is not allowed on shared hosting.

You will require a dedicated server.
Posted: September 23, 2009
Harry
Do you allow websites which offers music downloads?
Posted: September 30, 2009
HostGator
Yes, that is perfectly acceptable.

However, copyright infringement is not acceptable. Also, if your site begins to exceed the resource limits of a shared hosting plan, you will be required to move to a dedicated hosting plan.
Posted: September 30, 2009
mike
I have the baby croc pack. Can I use iframes to display video on demand hosted by another site? The page has a message Forbidden You don't have permission to access /<iframe src='http://tubeservice.domain.com/tube/index.php on this server

(have replaced actual name of vod server)
Posted: October 1, 2009
HostGator
It's possible that the third-party server is not allowing any sort of embedding or hot-linking.

Please email security@hostgator.com if you need further assistance.
Posted: October 1, 2009
Leo
Do you allow "warez linking"?
Posted: October 27, 2009
HostGator
No. You may not host warez, nor may you link to any warez.

Both are specifically forbidden by our Terms of Service.
Posted: October 27, 2009
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