Comments on: HostGator Monetize with Default 404 Page

By: webhosting

webhosting — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:56:58 +0000

If I read in the TOS that HostGator-sponsored 404 pages is part of the deal, I can choose whether or not to accept it. Better yet, if I’m offered some kind of incentive (lower price, or ad revenue sharing)

By: Eddie Lee

Eddie Lee — Sat, 23 May 2009 05:15:36 +0000

I have hostgator account, here's how I was able to fix the problem:

Create blank txt file, name it whatever you want
paste this code in there: ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
Rename it to .htaccess
Upload it to your Public_html along with any 404.html page that you want to display Done!

By: los angeles freelance

los angeles freelance — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:34:08 +0000

I didn’t pay an old account with hostgator (my fault) but now that the site is back on the google ads don’t show. Do you think this has to do with the ads on the 404 page?

By: Shantanu Goel

Shantanu Goel — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:58:31 +0000

It is no longer against google TOS to put adsense for search on a 404 page. I wrote up a post on how to integrate Adsense for search on a 404 page (for wordpress as well as static html websites) here:
http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/11/06/make-money-out-of-nothing-add-google-adsense-for-search-to-your-404-page.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:50:16 +0000

The 404 pages at hostgator do not use an account’s bandwidth since they are pulled from the shared server IP

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:21:27 +0000

Stop your Bitching, You can remove it if you want. Dumbasses

By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:39:07 +0000

I bougth my hostgator plan yesterday, I didnt know about this abuse… I have all my clientes in addons domain and i dont like the way they make money abusing of their clients. Can this by fixed manually by me? Can I customize the 404 page? I have alredy try using the cpanel admin but IT DIDNT WORKS!

By: dave

dave — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:48:15 +0000

If you care so much, put up your own 404 page (which you should be doing anyway). Hostgator has every right to make an extra buck or two off of you, unless they disallow custom 404 pages. Although, if they were clear about it, its there right to do that as well.

By: Adaptiv Media

Adaptiv Media — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:30:21 +0000

We’re with HostGator. Their service is second to none however I do feel rather intruded that you’re paying for (when it comes to a 404 error page) an ad supported service so to speak. It just seems so unethical to me. I know I can change the 404 pages manually but i think from a pretty large, well marketed hosting provider like HostGator, something like this is a bit out of order.. Yes, stop saying monetize – it’s monetise here in England, ;o).

By: Clickfire

Clickfire — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:58:05 +0000

I’m not really sure how I feel about this. It seems that since custom error pages are a feature on all HostGator packages, most website owners would want to customize their own 404 page. There’s also something be said for the tremendously fun task of redirecting dead pages.