Bluehost
 | |
| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Web Hosting |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder(s) | Matt Heaton |
| Headquarters | Provo, Utah, USA |
| Key people |
Matt Heaton (Founder, CEO 1996-2011) Dan Handy (CEO 2011-present) |
| Owner(s) | Endurance International Group |
| Website | bluehost.com |
Bluehost is a web hosting company owned by Endurance International Group. It is one of the 20 largest [1]web hosts, collectively hosting well over 1.9+ million domains with its sister companies, HostMonster and FastDomain.[2]
Bluehost was among those studied in the analysis of web-based hosting services in collaborative online learning programs.[3]
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.[4]
In 2013, Bluehost now offers VPS and Dedicated server hosting. [5]
Controversies
In March 2009, Bluehost appeared in a Newsweek article that condemned the hosting company for censoring the web pages of some of their customers who were believed to be citizens of countries that the US Government had listed as rogue states.[6] [7]
In February 2011,[8] 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.[9]
Server Software
In the Standard hosting package provided by Bluehost, the server software is Apache HTTP Server version 2.2.26, and OpenSSL version 0.9.8e.[10]
References
- ↑ Web Hosting (2013), Blue Host Web Hosting, Web Hosting Raters, retrieved 21 November 2013
- ↑ Top 100 Largest Web Hosting companies in the world – 20.6% Market Share « ManagedFTP – WebHost, ISP and SaaS Industry Blog
- ↑ M Rodriguez, HJ Huang, M Merrill, Analysis of web based hosting services in collaborative online learning programs
- ↑ It’s been a blast!!! Now its time to move on...
- ↑ "Introducing Next-Gen VPS and Dedicated Hosting". Bluehost.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ↑ Morozov, Evgeny (06 March 2007). "U.S. Web Firms Practice Self-Censorship". News Week. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ "US Web Hosts Self-Censorship". WebHostIndustryReview. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ↑ WEB HOSTING UPTIME. Web Hosting Billboards. p. 3.
- ↑ Lee, Justin (2011-02-28). "Web Host BlueHost Pulls Anti-Gay Website Following Complaints". Web Host Industry Review (iNET Interactive). Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ "Bluehost sales chat 2011-08-05". Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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