Originally Posted by Wiredoctor

Because your sites are not affected by anyone elses sites, scripts, traffic, etc... on the virtual server. Thats just a few of the reasons there are Soooooooooooooooo many more, but I charge for the full explanation...LOL

Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with a virtual account for the right use at the right host, my comment in this thread was that hostgator is not a good host and I would stay far away from them.