General

GoDaddy is an independently owned and operated web services company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Founded in 1997, they are the world?s largest domain registrar with more than 6.5 million customers worldwide.

Go Daddy offers 24/7 round the clock call center operations with no outsourcing or off-shoring.  They operate 4 physically dispersed data centers, which better equips them to deal with natural disasters, potential terrorist attacks, etc.

Among the many awards and honors listed on their website, GoDaddy received Domainer?s Choice Award for Best Hosting Company 2008.

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In the US, JustHost is based in Gendale, CA. In the UK, they are located in Fareham. They also have offices in Adelaide, Australia. By having started their operations once web hosting technologies were already mature, JustHost has a competitive advantage over older competitors since they can provide state of the art web hosting technology to all their clients. They do not have to deal with inefficient legacy systems.

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General

FastDomain is a newer sister brand to the renowned HostMonster & BlueHost brands (since 1996). It is owned and operated by the same team out of their offices in Orem, Utah.

FastDomain is geared both towards professional and individual sites with a slightly lower price point than its direct competition.

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Globat was founded in 2001. It is a privately owned company based in Los Angeles, CA. They have nearly 100,000 customers worldwide.

• CEO: Ben R. Neumann

• President: Chris L. Ueland

• COO: Louis J. Rio

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General

Host Papa is a shared hosting company operating 100% on green energy, which is sufficiently rare to be noticed.

Host Papa’s data centers are located in Toronto, Canada which allows for the same high speed connections as US datacenters while helping to maintain costs lower than in the US.

• Created: 1995

• Offices: Ontario, Canada

• Data center: Toronto, Canada

• Domains served: 15,000+

• Servers: owned by HostPapa

User Experience

Our HostPapa test site showed excellent response and uptimes.

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