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As you can tell by looking at our site we firmly believe that Hostmonster and Bluehost are the best web hosting providers on the web!  We believe in these companies so much that we host our sites with these companies.  We are not the only people who think this; in fact, 1.9 million people around the world agrees with us!   Matt Heaton, co-owner of these great brands, released these Hostmonster & Bluehost stats on his blog (you willl find them astonishing):

“January 2010 has seen some good growth for our hosting platform. I am usually pretty secretive about our company “numbers”, but have decided to spill the beans tonight on my blog. Below are some interesting stats from our various hosting brands.

Total Domains Hosted : 1.9+ million domains
Total Paying Hosting Customers: More than 525,000
Total Servers: 850+ (ALWAYS rotating out older servers)
Total Sales/Billing/Support Requests Per Day: Approximately 5,000
Number of new customers (not domains) added each day (Mon-Fri): 800+
Number of new customers (not domains) added each day (Sat, Sun): 500+
Number of new domains added each month: 50,000 – 70,000
Total Bandwidth Capacity: 20 Gigabits/Second (100% ours, not shared in ANY way)
Average Hold Time For Support: 19 seconds
Number of Employees: 240+
Registrar For Domains: Fastdomain Inc (Sister company that “sells” domains to Bluehost/Hostmonster)
Outsourced services: NONE!!!!!!!
Revenue: _____ (Some things really do need to be kept private)
Profit: _____ (Some things really do need to be kept private)

Bluehost/Hostmonster/Fastdomain have been wildly successful. I’m so grateful to have been part of this incredible venture. There was and is an ENORMOUS amount of effort put into making our products the best that we know how to make it. Add to that a lot of luck and we get Bluehost and Hostmonster.

Thank you so much to all our loyal customers that tell all your friends to sign up! The vast majority of all our sales come from non affiliate related word of mouth recommendations. That doesn’t happen unless our customers think we are doing a pretty good job. We promise to try our hardest to improve the things that are “good” that should be “great”, and to add the features that you need that no other company will bother to add. That is our promise to you!

Thanks again.

Matt Heaton / Bluehost.com”

If you would like to learn more about these two hosts be sure to check out our Hostmonster Review and our Bluehost Review.  As always if you click on one of our exclusive promo links you can save on hosting!

We have been noticing that Bluehost and Hostmonster sales have been climbing drastically over the past two weeks.  In fact, sales have been up about 40% for both of these hosts.

We wanted to determine if the climb in sales was only through our site so we contacted management of these companies.  After discussing the matter on the phone for a while I found out that both of these companies are also seeing a MAJOR increase in sales across the board.

This trend is NOT happening with other hosts; in fact, many other hosts listed on our site have seen a drop in sales.  I personally have always stood behind Hostmonster and Bluehost and now it is an honor to see many other individuals around the world are also putting their faith behind this great web hosting provider!  Hostmonster & Bluehost has stood behind customer satisfaction in a very competitive industry and this dedication to customers is sure to be directly related to the latest increase in sales.

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Time goes quickly when you are having fun!  Today is my very last day in Provo, Utah, home of Bluehost and Hostmonster.  My 1,500 mile journey has proved to be a great experience and has given me the oppertunity to examine the facilities of the best web hosting providers in the world (Hostmonster & Bluehost).

Hostmonster & Bluehost Lobby

A Detailed Look At Bluehost & Hostmonster

During my stay in Provo I was given exclusive rights to examine the facilities (headquarters) of Bluehost and Hostmonster.  I also had the opportunity to meet and interview the owners of the amazing hosting provider.  What I found was that this host not only met all of my expectations but exceeded them.  In the blog post I would like to give you a clear and detailed look at how Hostmonster & Bluehost sets themselves apart from all other hosting competitors.

Hostmonster & Bluehost Customer Support Team

# 1 – Customer Support

One business principle that the owners of Bluehost and Hostmonster emphasizes over all others is customer support.  When speaking with co-owner Danny Ashworth I heard overwhelming evidence that customer support is one primary focus.  “Most hosting providers offer very similar hosting plans so we decided to stand out by offering exceptional customer service.” Said Ashworth, “Over the past weeks we have been able to keep our average hold time below 30 seconds.”

This company is NOT all talk; in fact, I was able to complete statistics of the average hold times and was astonished to see that they really can consistently keep their hold times below 30 seconds (which is unheard of).  In almost every room and every hall way there is a computer screen that displays the current number of customers waiting on hold and I paid very close to this screen during my three and a half hour visit.  During my time visiting Bluehost the most individuals that were on hold was one (1), which is absolutely insane and proves that these hosts dominate in the area of customer support.

A Small Portion of Bluehost Datacenters

#2 – Advanced Technology

After customer support the next thing that stood out to me was the amount of programming that goes on at Hostmonster and Bluehost.  These great companies are always looking for ways to improve their hosting by customizing their server with advanced technologies and software that improves server performance.

Without detailing too much, I can honestly say the these companies are doing things WAY MORE ADVANCED that any other competitors hosts.  Recently it was announced that Bluehost and Hostmonster launched Shared CPU Protection and this is something that NO other competitor can offer.  This is just one example (of many) of how Bluehost offers world class hosting servers.

#3 – Great Management

I have had the opportunity to speak with almost all of the managers and owners during my stay in Utah.  One thing that each of these managers had in common was their desire to see no only satisfied customers but also satisfied employees.  From my experience I can see that this company spares no expenses to ensure that everyone they deal with is happy.

I believe the only way a company can be successful is if management puts customers above profit and Bluehost does just that.  There are many ways that these two great hosting providers could take shortcuts to save money; however, they do not because the hold the fundamental idea that customer satisfaction will ultimately generate buzz and additional customers.

I am very impressed with Hostmonster and Bluehost and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a top notch web hosting provider.

We have arrived safely in Provo, Utah and the sights are astonishing!  After landing in Salt Lake City, Utah, I soon realized that this was one of (if not the most) prettiest places that I have ever traveled.  Ironically, my trip came on one of the coldest weekends of the year and on the first night we hit ( -11 degrees fahrenheit).  Regardless of the cold weather I have been treated as nothing but royalty from the Hostmonster and Bluehost staff.

The first day of my trip proved to be a cultural experience.  For the first time in my life I was treated to a high-class pheasant hunt in the secluded mountains of Utah.  The pheasant hunt proved not only to be successful but also very comical at times.  I would personally like to Jay Ashworth, Director of Billing, and James Grierson, VP of Business Development at Bluehost for taking me on such a well planned hunt filled with such beautiful sights.

After a great hunt I had the honor of joining Bluehost employee, Nancy Cooper, and two of her well distinguished friends on a trip to Salt Lake City.  I had the opportunity to watch the world renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir LIVE in concert with an audience of over 20,000 people!   This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I am honored that I was giving this great opportunity.

It is now morning and I had a great night of sleep.  I am looking forward to what today will bring.  Within the next few hours I will be taking a tour of the Bluehost/Hostmonster headquarters and I am very excited about this trip.  I will take plenty of pictures and hopefully get an interview or two for you guys.  Be sure to check back in the next 24 hours for our next update!

From the beginning we have promoted Hostmonster and Bluehost as the best web hosting providers and nothing has changed.  Bluehost and Hostmonster are world class web hosting providers that deserves more recognition that we could ever give them.

Picture From The Concert

In 48 hours our plane will be touching down in the great state of Utah.  We have decided to visit the headquarters of Hostmonster, Bluehost, and FastDomain which is located in Provo, Utah.  During our 3-Day trip we hope to tour their headquarters (facilities) and get some great interviews with their management/employees.

AlreadyHosting.com strives to provide the best and most honest web hosting reviews; therefore, we think it is absolutely essential that we visit the hosts that we promote as the best in the business.

Sometime Friday or Saturday we will add a post LIVE from Provo, Utah so be sure to check back for more updates.  A full report will be available when we get home (next week).

I was reading Matt Heaton’s Blog (the owner of Bluehost and Hostmonster) and I was blown away by their latest announcement.  The new change puts Hostmonster and Bluehost well in front of their competition and proves once and for all that they are by far the best web hosts on the web.  Read the post below:

I have been promising CPU protection for a long time and its finally ready.  It has been running on several servers during our live beta testing and it has proven itself to be extremely successful.  For those that need the brief rundown again this is what this feature will provide.

1) Guaranteed CPU resources for every user on every server.
2) Protection from heavy users.  No longer can a single user, or a small group of users consume inordinate amount of resources causing your own site to fail to load or load slowly (NO OTHER SHARED HOST ON THE PLANET CAN SAY THIS WITH ANY VALIDITY – WE ARE THE ONLY HOST THAT HAS THIS TECHNOLOGY AT THIS TIME!)
3) Extremely sensitive CPU resource allocation – CPU time is calculated in 200 millisecond increments.  This means our servers will always respond quickly and users won’t be exposed to slowness due to sudden bursts of CPU usage.
4) CPU Statistics – We can now tell you exactly how much CPU you have been using each 24 hour period.  More importantly, we can tell you how often your domain was throttled or capped if your site experiences “bursty” CPU usage.  No more guessing on what you are using, now we will tell you exactly.
5) Users can see IN REAL TIME if their account is being throttled for any reason.
6) Users can see IN REAL TIME exactly what processes they are running that put them over the CPU limit.
7) NO MORE CPU QUOTA EXCEEDED ERRORS EVER!!!! (Starting on Tues July 29th 2009)  We will be completely removing the code that bans users for CPU overages!!
Processes will no longer ever be killed or stopped because of too many cpu resources.  Instead, your site will simply bump up against any cpu limits that we put in place.  This will work just like a VPS or dedicated server, but without the high cost!
9) Now able to sell “dedicated” cpu resources (Actually its not in our shopping cart yet, but the technology is there so give us a couple of weeks to build out the site for it).  Now you can purchase an entire core of CPU and get speeds FAR FASTER than a dedicated server for 30-40% less.
10) Ability to purchase instant CPU upgrades.  If you decide you need double the CPU that you currently use we will be able to do that for you without you having to deal with the maintenance and headache of a VPS or dedicated server.  FINALLY!
11) ALWAYS have some idle CPU resources available to service incoming requests.  We will never allow the general pool of CPU usage to become saturated so that no resources are available to service requests.  Again, no other shared hosting service in the world that I know of has this technology.
12) FREE – FREE – FREE – There is no cost at all for this feature.  The only cost would be for those users that want higher dedicated cpu resources.  We will most likely offer 3 different choices in that regard.  Mostly likely we will sell CPU in increments from 50% of a single core (CPU), up to as many as 4 cores of dedicated resources in a shared hosting environment.  This has all the benefits and cost savings of a shared server system with the performance of high end dedicated servers.

We are willing to license this solution to a minimal group (At least for the first 60 days) of other Cpanel hosts if you are interested.  The general cost would be $125 per 8 core server for 12 months.  The cost is $75 for 12 months if using a 4 core server.  This solution does work on dual core systems but is designed to be most efficient with more cores.  This cost would include our disk I/O throttling solution as well (Well discussed in previous blog entries of mine).  You can FULLY EXPECT to double your user density with MUCH better speeds for your customers with these two solutions in place.  This is not marketing hype or extreme case situations.  It really works that well.

Requirements for hosts that want to use this product -

1) Must use linux with a 2.6.28 kernel or newer (Sorry, backporting beyond 2.6.28 is a nightmare!)
2) Must be willing to apply a small kernel patch (Wish there was a way around this, but we do have to modify the kernel to make the magic happen!)  We will assist with applying the patch if there are any problems.
3) Must be willing to run two binary files that we will provide – cpud (Our cpu controller) and iothrottled (Our disk i/o bandwidth, iops) manager.  We will make the source available for eview once we have the legal issues on our end taken care of, but for now it is two binaries.
4) The CPU controller (Once the kernel portion is done) takes about 5 minutes to set up, literally!! And iothrottled takes about 10 minutes to setup and configure.
5) Must trust that Bluehost/Hostmosnter would actually sell a product to everyone else to compete with ourselves

If you are interested in licensing it or testing it out (Must be at least 10 servers or more if you want to test it out before buying at this time) then please email me directly with your contact information at matt@bluehost.com.

Thanks,
Matt Heaton / President Bluehost.com

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