What Our Users Say...
Who Is Hosting This is used by a huge range of people. We regularly receive feedback from webmasters, lawyers, business owners, trademark holders, bloggers and phishing victims - not to mention some of the world's largest banks and corporations.
The site has recently been recommended by the New York Times and in the UK government's anti-extremism advisory.
Here is our collection of press cuttings. Seen Who Is Hosting This mentioned? Please let us know.
In the Press
New York Times: America's paper of record says...
| "If you like a Web site, find out who does their hosting via WhoIsHostingThis." |
Lifehacker.com is one of the world's top blogs.
They recommends our tool for the curious:
| "If you've ever wondered what hosting provider your favorite website uses, the WhoIsHostingThis web site can help." |
DownloadSquad.com, one of the world's top downloads sites.
Reviewed our tools as:
| "Finding out is easy with a great website called WhoIsHostingThis. When you visit the site, there's a simple box where you type the name of any site, hit "Tell Me", and the web host is revealed. Very cool." |
Business Intelligence Manager, Servint
| "I just wanted to say that we LOVE your site here, it has already been incredibly useful for helping clients migrate data, for helping us research our colleagues and competitors in the industry, and a myriad of other uses that, frankly, we haven't seen from your larger competitors." |

Publisher of Plagiarism Today and Blogging Tips author.
Jonathan uses WhoIsHostingthis.com tool to track down content theives and recommends our tool to his readers:
| "I've tried similar tools with nowhere near these results. Definitely the best in its field..." |
HowToGeek.com is one of the world's most popular 'how to' tech guides.
The How To Geek gives Who Is Hosting This the thumbs up:
| "Thanks for your excellent website. I recently used it to stop an egregious scammer that stole my entire website content and was stealing search engine position from me. Was a huge help! I recommend it to people all the time." |
DailyBlogTips.com, one of the world's top sites about blogging.
Likes the simplicity of WhoIsHostingThis:
| "There are other ways to check such information, but this tool is by far the simplest one." |
TomsWebStuff.com, web developer and blogger.
Tom recommends our tool, too:
| "Ever wondered who's hosting the websites you visit? Well the wondering is over thanks to WhoIsHostingThis.com." |
Founder of AddOurSearch.com.
Troy commented:
| "...an extremely simple site that serves one purpose, and one purpose only? to tell you who is hosting a web site." |
Recommends our tool:
| "Don't you wish to know the web host behind a website sometimes... The easy way? Use WhoIsHostingThis." |
Another glowing review:
| "...it has become the 'go to' tool for webmasters seeking this information..." |
When TechMonkey talked WhoIsHostingThis...
| "Type in a domain name and it'll actually figure out who hosts that site so it's really helpful if you're looking into getting... web hosting to look where you should get it." |
What Our Users Say...
Comments are collected via Kampyle.com and SurveyMonkey.com.
"I use the service to find quality hosting providers after I find a well run and busy site."
Alfredo
"I use whoishostingthis.com to find out who my favorite sites use for hosting. I'm considering creating my own web site and knowing who the best sites use is probably the greatest testimonial you can get."
"I use WhoIsHostingThis.com to research hosting providers. I am going to start my own blog soon, and want to know what hosting providers my favorite bloggers are using to help make my decision."
"I find WhoIsHostingThis.com useful because it lets me find out what kind of hosting will be needed by looking at competitors' sites in the same field."
"I mainly use WhoIsHostingThis to discover high-speed hosts. I simple acces an website and if I like the speed and etc, I use this tool. For my surprise, I almost always find the same hosts!"
"As a webdevelopment company we find it invaluable to be able to have an idea as to what technology we can use in developing a prospective clients website. To know this we need to know about their webhost."
"The webhosting business is fickle and many of our clients get stolen. I use WIHT to check up on who the client transfers to. I then inspect their sites and see how I can improve our hosting plans to prevent further clients from transferring away. WIHT has become an integral part of our Business."
"This is a life saver in my business. Great site for understanding the environment out there."<
Robert, United State
"I love this site! We are a law firm specializing in copyright infringement cases and this site is an excellent tool for us for cease and desist notices to web hosting companies."
Anonymous, United States
"I needed to find this info for a deceased friend's site. Till I found you I had no idea how to accomplish it."
F. Becht, United States
Most informative site. I use it often and find it user-friendly, informative and the content is good and the layout perfect! Thanks for providing this service!"
Jaun-Vincent Haasbroek, South Africa
"Absolutely love your website! I couldn't live without it."
Anonymous, United States
"Your service saves a lot of webmasters precious time, thank you, wish you best of luck!"
Anonymous, Israel
"This is a very useful website for find hosting companies to report abuse issues where the website owner would not take appropriate action."
Anonymous, South Africa
"I found this site a long time ago, but I only started to frequent it recently. I love that I can put in a website I admire, see where they're hosted, and think, "Would I need that kind of service for my site?" Thanks for this great service!"
Danielle, Canada
"One word: Excellent!"
B.H. Flesch, Serbia
"This site is just amazing. I can see who is hosting what site so I can see how many of my favorite sites are hosted by a company so I can go there too."
Anonymous, United States
"Very cool service. Of course I can use Whois.com, but this is better."
Anonymous, United States
"Great! I finally found out that I am hosted with a sub-hoster of HostDime! Thanks to your excellent online service."
Anonymous, Singapore
"Love it. Quick and simple. I get what I need quick. Great job. thanks."
Anonymous, United States
"Its so awesome and easy to use!."
Jason Aguilar, United States
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