| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Web Hosting |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Provo, Utah, USA |
| Key people | Matt Heaton (Former CEO 1996-2011) Dan Handy (CEO 2011-present) |
| Website | bluehost.com |
Bluehost is a shared hosting company owned by Endurance International Group. Bluehost was among those studied in the analysis of web-based hosting services in collaborative online learning programs.[1] BlueHost is one of the 20 largest web hosts, collectively hosting well over 1.9+ million domains with its sister companies, HostMonster and FastDomain.[2]
On June 12, 2011 company founder Matt Heaton announced on his blog that he is stepping down as CEO to focus on the company hosting platform's design and technical structure. Company COO Dan Handy would take over as CEO.[3]
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In March 2009, Bluehost received national attention when they appeared in a Newsweek article that condemned the hosting company for censoring the web pages of some their customers believed to be living in a country that the US Government had listed as a rogue state.[4][5]
In February 2011, Bluehost took down a religious website that they were hosting on its servers after receiving thousands of complaints when that website posted comments blaming gays and lesbians for an earthquake in New Zealand.[6]
In the Standard hosting package provided by Bluehost, the server software is Apache HTTP Server version 2.2.17, and OpenSSL version 0.9.8e.[7]