Jimdo
| File:Jimdo-logo.jpg | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | Hamburg, Germany (2007) |
| Founder | Matthias Henze Christian Springub Fridtjof Detzner |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany [1] |
| Employees | 30 (2009) [2][3] |
| Slogan | Pages to the People |
| Website | Jimdo |
| Registration | Required |
| Available in | German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian |
| Launched | February 19, 2007 [4] |
Jimdo is a WYSIWYG web hosting service.[5] Jimdo offers JimdoFree, a free web hosting service, and JimdoPro, a premium service. Jimdo is operated by Jimdo GmbH, a Hamburg, Germany-based company.[1]
History
In July 2008 United Internet AG got a 30% stake in Jimdo GmbH.[1]
In 2009 Jimdo aimed to get users of Google and Yahoo! In April 2009, after Yahoo! announced that GeoCities is closing, Jimdo announced that former GeoCities users are welcome on Jimdo.[6] Jimdo started the "Lifeboat for GeoCities" to help users transition to Jimdo.[7] Jimdo offered 10% discounts to users who moved from Geocities and Google Page Creator who wanted to use the JimdoPro service.[8]
Reception
Rafe Needleman of CNet gave a positive review to Jimdo.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "United Internet AG acquires a minority stake in Jimdo GmbH." Thomson Reuters. July 8, 2008. Retrieved on May 1, 2009.
- ↑ "Der einfache Weg ins Netz" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 11, 2009. http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/475098.
- ↑ "Jimdo Company Profile". CrunchBase. TechCrunch. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/jimdo.
- ↑ "Pages to the People. Offical Jimdo-launch in Germany.". http://www.jimdo.com/2007/02/19/pages-to-the-people.-offical-jimdo-launch-in-germany./.
- ↑ Kincaid, Jason (June 10, 2008). "Weebly Adds AdSense Support For Drag And Drop Cash". TechCrunch.com at The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061001667_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ↑ Marshall, Rosalie. "Yahoo closing Geocities web hosting service." vnunet. April 24, 2009. Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
- ↑ "Jimdo's Lifeboat for GeoCities." Jimdo. Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
- ↑ "Geocities." Jimdo. Retrieved on May 1, 2009.
- ↑ Needleman, Rafe. "Jimdo: Another super-simple site builder." CNet. April 3, 2007. Retrieved on April 30, 2009.
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