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GoDaddy.com

finder — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:24:48 +0000

GoDaddy.com is the world’s largest domain name registrar and is the flagship company of The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

Founded by Bob Parsons in 1997, The Go Daddy Group has grown to include more than 40 million domains under management. We offer a complete product line, including comprehensive hosting solutions, Web site creation tools, Secure SSL certificates, personalized email with spam and anti-phishing filtering, e-commerce tools and more.

MediaTemple

finder — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:16:48 +0000

Media Temple (sometimes referred to as “(mt)”) is a website hosting and software application services company based in Culver City, California, USA. It is a pioneer of “grid hosting”, whereby multiple stand-alone servers are linked to provide additional capacity for clients during periods of peak demand. Current clients include Qantas, Adobe and Rip Curl.

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DreamHost

finder — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:03:14 +0000

DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar. It is the web hosting branch of New Dream Network, LLC, founded in 1996 by Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez and Sage Weil, undergraduate students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and registered in 1999 by Michael Rodriguez. DreamHost began hosting customers’ sites in 1997.

Hostgator

finder — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:08:40 +0000

HostGator.com, LLC is a world leading provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting. Privately held and based in Houston, Texas, the company was founded in 2002 by current President and CEO Brent Oxley, who started the company from his dorm room at Florida Atlantic University. Since then, HostGator has grown from a small hosting company with just three servers into a world leading and industry recognized hosting provider with more than 5,000 servers under management. The over one million domains hosted by HostGator make up approximately 1% of the world’s Internet traffic.

As a technology and product innovator, HostGator is able to provide its more than 150,000 customers with innovative products and services designed to complement their existing businesses. HostGator serves customers ranging from individual freelancers to Fortune 500 companies in more than 170 countries.

Because of the nature of reseller hosting, HostGator customers are frequently web designers and or developers who have chosen to provide hosting services to their clients. Businesses of all sizes and shapes frequently make use of HostGator’s affordable, but still powerful shared, reseller, and dedicated hosting services. Customers range from complete novices to computer and technology experts.