Hostway Ranked #1 Web Hosting Provider By TopHosts and HostIndex Awards recognize Hostway's service, technology and commitment to customers
Chicago—August 15, 2002—Hostway Corporation, a Chicago-based provider of Web hosting services and online business tools for small- to medium-sized enterprises, has been chosen by TopHosts and HostIndex as the number-one Web hosting provider for their top 25 Web hosts rankings. These two highly influential Web hosting industry observers selected Hostway as the top provider based on the company’s exceptional dedication to service and technology and its continued commitment to its customers. This is the first time both Web hosting indices awarded their number-one ranking to the same company.
Each month, review panels sort through thousands of applications from hosting companies and conducts rigorous product testing for each host being considered for the award. There are numerous factors considered during the product testing, such as the company’s competitive advantages, technological offerings, pricing, value-added services, usability, uptime guarantee, customer and technical support and average response time. The findings from such tests are combined with user feedback from the hundreds of thousands of Webmasters that visit TopHosts.com and HostIndex.com, and serve as the basis for granting the awards.
Hostway has been consistently recognized as a leading Web hosting provider by online hosting resources. HostIndex has ranked Hostway as the number-one hosting provider each consecutive month since January 2002 and has also awarded Hostway with the "Top Hosting Company Award" every year since 1999. For the last three years, Hostway has been listed one of the "Top 3 Most Popular Web hosting Providers" by C|Net. Both TopHosts and AceHost also ranked Hostway as a "Top 3 Web hosting Provider" in 2001.
"Hostway has been presented with numerous industry awards in the past year, however these recognitions from TopHosts and HostIndex are especially significant because the awards are partially based on feedback from the Web hosting community," said John Lee, co-founder and director of marketing for Hostway. "Hostway’s customers are our highest priority and acknowledgments like these reaffirm our success in providing superior service and consistently meeting our customers’ needs."
About Hostway Corporation
Hostway Corporation provides domain name registration, Web hosting and ecommerce, colocation, managed dedicated hosting, SaaS hosting, Web design and online marketing services to more than 600,000 customers worldwide. It operates state-of-the art data centers that reduce the complexity and cost of Web-based technologies for small businesses and large enterprises. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the three largest Web hosting companies in the world with a direct presence in 11 countries, 15 worldwide operation centers and more than 700 employees. Hostway franchises include: Affinity Internet, Bigstep, DiscountDomains, Hostway UK, Hostway Netherlands, Hostway Korea, Hostway Australia, Hostway Denmark, NetNation, PowerMedium, RegistryPro, Server Service, Service Over Internet, ValueWeb and WinSave.
