Providers of shared website hosting and domain registration services, BlueHost Inc. and HostMonster Inc., announced that their combined hosting platforms have surpassed 900,000 domains hosted - an increase of over 200,000 domains from January 1st of this year.

Headquartered in Orem, Utah, BlueHost and HostMonster, announced they have reached over 900,000 domains hosted. Resulting in 200,000 new domains hosted during the first quarter this year, the companies have seen an explosive amount of growth. CEO and Founder of BlueHost and HostMonster, Matt Heaton said: "We have met our goals for the first quarter of the year and have even larger goals for next quarter". "We will also be launching a new product line in the coming months and plan to carve out another large piece of the hosting services pie as the year progresses."

BlueHost has made, with the recent launch of SimpleScripts, great strides to provide services that meet the needs and demands of their customers. The new automated script installer boasts speed, reliability and more frequent updates for their users. including more Pay-Per-Click advertising credits, better search engine submission services and world class partnerships for frequently used products, BlueHost and HostMonster have also added a number of added benefits for their clients.

During the first quarter of the year, growth in the number of employees also increased rapidly. Along with over 20 new support representatives to the full time staff located in their Orem, Utah headquarters, BlueHost added four new programming and database engineers. Heaton stated: "We want to be able to offer the customer the best support services in the industry. With the addition of numerous full time support positions we have been able to keep our average hold times for customer inquiries to less than two minutes during peak hours". "We pride ourselves on being a company founded on excellent customer service."