Change name to Web.com — Interland to

Following the buyout of Web.com and its assets by webhosting firm Interland, the firm disclosed that it will change its name and web presence to Web.com.

Web.com is one of the best possible domain names for a number of uses, in particular webhosting. But I suspect part of this move is to change the firm’s image. As one of the earlier “big” webhosts, Interland had its share of rocky experiences. I used Interland’s services for some of my first web sites. They charged mamoth fees and didn’t back it up with support. It seemed like my site was down weekly. When I’d call to complain, the firm’s line was that I shouldn’t expect solid uptime with shared webhosting. They compared it to living in an apartment, where if one of your neighbors makes noise you have to live with it.

So I switched to another shared hosting provider that cost regarding 80% less and never had outages.