Webs (web hosting)
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| Type | Web hosting |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Mokhtarzada brothers |
| Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
| Employees | 14 |
| Website | Webs.com |
Webs, formerly Freewebs, is a free website hosting service founded in 2001.
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[edit] History
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Webs began in 2001 as Freewebs, just after the dot-com bubble, as a start-up launched by Haroon[1] and Zeki Mokhtarzada after their last year at the University of Maryland, College Park.[2] Their goal was to make the Internet accessible to anyone and to protect user's rights to free speech.[3] As of April 2007, the site recorded 18 million unique visitors a month.[2] Webs sites can include blogs, forums, wikis, calendars, guestbooks, webstore, photo gallery, links, web forms, widgets, games, puzzles, videos, and designer templates. The site includes paid features such as removal of on-site advertisements as well as the inclusion of other features.
On November 14, 2008, Freewebs changed their name to Webs, but users' URLs remained in the freewebs.com domain unless they chose to change over. On November 10, 2009, they experienced a problem where the cable to their data center was cut, resulting in all websites hosted by Webs becoming inaccessible. The problem was fixed overnight.
[edit] Hosting limitations
Webs has the following criteria for normal members:
- The domain is in the format of username.webs.com, which can however be changed to a regular domain with a premium membership.
- 40MB of webspace (80mb if toolbar is installed) and 500MB of bandwidth per month.
- CGI, PHP, and MySQL are not provided, even with premium membership
The restrictions can be lifted by purchasing one of Web's three tiers of premium accounts (named Starter, Enhanced, and Pro) or with webs credits[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "CEO Haroon Mokhtarzada Interview". Social Networking Watch. April 3, 2009. http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/2009/04/haroon-mokhtarzada-ceo-of-webscom.html.
- ^ a b Hart, Kim (April 9, 2007). "Venture Capital Drawn to Freewebs". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/08/AR2007040800909.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ Sandoval, Greg (April 26, 2007). "The free-speech fundamentals of Freewebs". CNET News. http://www.news.com/The-free-speech-fundamentals-of-Freewebs/2100-1030_3-6179465.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ "Premium Services and Domain Registration Info". http://www.webs.com/premium.jsp. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
