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Fat Cow

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With a visually appealing website featuring a cow theme that will be sure to make users stop and take a look, Fat Cow is a web hosting company with a difference. This is a good thing because as a web host Fat Cow provides an impressive hosting plan at a competitive price.

In order to sweeten the deal for new customers Fat Cow has a competition in which you can win a 2010 Smart Fortwo Pure Coupe among other prizes.

Hosting Plans
In order to make things as simple as possible for their customers Fat Cow only offers a single hosting plan. However this plan has the features that make it a perfect fit for any need. The plan costs $5.50 per month and has a minimum term of 1 year. Fat Cow does provide a 30 day money back guarantee if for any reason you are not satisfied and do not want to continue hosting with them.

The plan gives unlimited storage space, data transfers and domains in a single account. Website builder tools are included as are web analytics. Google webmaster tools are also available as is Google custom search.

If you would like to setup an online store all the tools are provided such as shopping carts and secure SSL servers. You will also be ready to accept credit card transactions. To make sure your potential customers know how to find you Fat Cow also provides you with $50 of Google AdWords credits and $25 of Yahoo Search Marketing Credit.

A number of common website tools such as blogs (WordPress), content management systems (Joomla), image galleries and survey tools are also available. Customers that are looking to build applications or pages of their own can take advantage of the PHP 4 and 5 support along with the ability to create an unlimited number of databases.

An unlimited number of email accounts can also be created which can be accessed via the provided web mail interface.

A useful table provided by Fat Cow shows a feature comparison with some of the other leading web hosting companies such as Yahoo and GoDaddy.

If customers also sign up as affiliates they can earn up to $110 per referral.

Other Services
Once your website is hosted Fat Cow can still provide a number of services that can be a tremendous benefit to you or your organization. From tools for email marketing to customer feedback tracking Fat Cow has solutions that help you succeed. Through My Marketing Services they are able to help you create marketing campaigns that are targeted to get more traffic to your site. They can even help you make a logo if you are not sure how to represent your company. They also provide SEO consultancy to make sure your customers can easily find you.

Customer Services and Reviews
Getting in touch with Fat Cow is as simple as picking up the phone or visiting their website. The toll free number is available 24x7 as is the live chat. A knowledge base is provided so that customers can get additional information, along with a number of standard video tutorials.

A number of positive customer testimonials are posted on the website and more can be found on external sites as well.

Company Information
Fat Cow was founded in 1998 and hosts its customers via data centers located in Boston, MA. By applying a cow theme to everything on their website, Fat Cow is able to differentiate its self from the crowd. But this should not be taken as just a marketing gimmick or ploy. Fat Cow does have the credentials to back it up. They have a long list of awards that were won by the company and include:

Host of the Year 2009 - ConsumerRankings.com
Low Cost Host of 2009 - BigHosts.com
2009 Host of the Year - Hosting Reviews
Top Rated Host 2009 - Top10HostingList.com

This impressive success in the last year builds confidence in the company's service quality.

Fat Cow also believes in protecting the environment so they purchase clean energy coupons for all the energy they consume to maintain a carbon neutral footprint.

This review is not a referral and is only meant to be used for informational purposes. It should not be the sole basis for any decision.

Fat Cow has managed to stand out in a crowd of web hosting companies. While doing that they have also managed to provide exceptional service and win a large number of awards. This coupled with their completely limitless plan make Fat Cow a truly attractive option.

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