Topnorati!

September 13, 2005 on 3:06 pm | In Foobars, Funnyish, Updates by Josh Jones |

Still working on the packet loss..

In the meantime, we thought this was amazing yesterday:

We're number 5!

Until we checked this morning and saw:

We're number 2!
(keep in mind the “Impeach Bush” search is actually sort of fake.. it’s just a “spam” search by crazy bloggers to make it show up there.. which really put us as the #1 search for the hour!)

Later this afternoon, Skype passed us though:

We're number 3!

Anyway, I guess that’s cool?

14 Responses to “Topnorati!”

  1. Anonymous Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 3:18 pm

    That is cool.

    I’ve been a customer since 1998. Now that you’ve moved your office to Brea, I work a couple of blocks from you.

    I remember watching you grow from the old system where virtually all services were run on the same machine and there weren’t any “goodies” and seeing some of your posts to Linux and Mailman discussion lists as you developed the new system.

    I’ve enjoyed watching you grow. You guys are doing a great job. Now stop reading comments to your blog and get back to work.

  2. Bob Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 3:23 pm

    Yes that’s cool, good thing they don’t get referral credits or you’d probably be giving them a shed load of money in the coming months (after 97 days?).

  3. GD Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 4:15 pm

    Yep. I started using them in 1997. Let’s see, the web panel had about a dozen links, not including the big banners to vote for them as a top web host. I think it was kinda greenish then, at least across the top. I think I was hosted on jezebel.

    If only the referral system worked the same then as it does now. I remember when there was just a $10 credit.

  4. Dave Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 4:41 pm

    Hmm down to #8 :(

  5. Mike Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 5:01 pm

    I’ve been using them for about a year now and this is the first problem I’ve seen. I have some horror stories from my previous web host, which was always losing data and they’ve lost my account setup a few times.

  6. Jack Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 5:51 pm

    I’ve worked with dozens of different ISPs and when you come down to it–and considering there was a blackout–Dreamhost is doing a very good job.

    They are honest, competent and very transparent about what’s happening.

    Only one thing to add. You DH folks should get jumpsuits to go with the helmets!

  7. mynippon Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 6:18 pm

    I hope you don’t get too caught up in tracking the top ten list at Technorati. I find it interesting to see what’s on there but that’s pretty much it. It is like some website owners obsess over pagerank.

  8. Jack Says:
    September 13th, 2005 at 9:33 pm

    Now if only Technorati could return results…

  9. Sean Wallace Says:
    September 15th, 2005 at 8:45 am

    I like how it changes from 17 million to 17.1 million between morning and afternoon.

  10. Miss M Says:
    September 15th, 2005 at 9:41 am

    It’s funny because I copied-and-pasted the status update and the link in my own blog on Monday. I had so many people thank me because they were freaked out about what happened and where theier website had gone. So I don’t doubt that it was a major source of searching that day.

  11. beejereeno Says:
    September 15th, 2005 at 1:08 pm

    Hmm. Methinks people were searching for you so they could hunt you down and kill you, what with all the sql mishaps & probs since the outage on Monday.

    Mine have not worked since.

  12. Andrew Says:
    December 11th, 2005 at 9:47 am

    I am a customer but I never hear smth like that

  13. Iceman Says:
    December 12th, 2005 at 12:51 pm

    something wrong with packet losing via Skype?
    I have no expirience

  14. Paul Says:
    December 16th, 2005 at 7:14 pm

    Well, what can i say? Congratulations, guys. Work pays and you prove it! ;)

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