Guess the Date and Win an iPod Shuffle
To celebrate DreamHost just passed 400,000 hosted domains I’m going to throw a small contest here at the Unofficial DreamHost Blog.
First prize will be a slick iPod Shuffle - the world’s smallest digital music player, which let’s you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve.
Guess when DreamHost will pass 500,000 hosted domains
Every Monday WebHosting.Info releases their weekly stats with the total domains hosted by each web hosting company. DreamHost just passed 400,000 hosted domains and I expect that they will pass 500,000 domains in 2007. Your job is to guess which date this will happen.
Since WebHosting.Info only posts weekly data I will equally split out the weekly increase over the past week in order to calculate the winning date. As an example the winning guess for 400,000 domains would be 21 December 2006.
In order to participate you should post your guess in the comments within the next two weeks. Make sure you use a valid email address in order for me to contact you if you’re the lucky winner.
Rules:
- 1 entry per person (remember to use a valid email address)
- Make your entries in the format of January 1, 2007 to avoid any misunderstandings.
- The cutoff for posting entries will be at 11:59 pm January 14, 2007.
- In the event of a tie (multiple guesses on the same date or same distance to the correct date for multiple entries) I’ll randomly draw a winner between the closest guesses.
- In the event of no winner (the contest has to stop for some reason like WebHosting.Info cease to release their stats) or in case DreamHost doesn’t pass 500,000 domains by December 31, 2007 I’ll randomly draw a winner between all the participants.
Prize:
- An Apple 1 GB iPod Shuffle (worth $79)
Best of luck to all of you!
December 30th, 2006 at 06:34
My guess: August 3, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 08:24
My time machine tells me it’ll be June 25, 2007.
December 30th, 2006 at 08:59
I’m going to go with May 3rd
December 30th, 2006 at 09:00
July 16, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 09:10
I’ll be more optimistic than those above. March 30, 2007.
December 30th, 2006 at 09:56
April 19, 2007.
December 30th, 2006 at 09:58
April 15, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 10:09
June 15, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 10:15
I think it would cross 5 lakh mark at 17th July, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 10:23
April 14, 2007.
I won’t remember this contest at all by then.
December 30th, 2006 at 10:33
January 17, 2007
very likely on that date
December 30th, 2006 at 11:08
April 20, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 11:23
April 11, 2007!
December 30th, 2006 at 11:48
May 23, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 12:29
April 7, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 12:53
June 20, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 14:06
May 12, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 14:10
April 7, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 14:30
March 31th, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 14:50
June 21, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 15:28
June 19, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 15:36
June 15, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 17:22
March 6, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 18:16
March 22, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 18:21
May 19th! =)
Go Dreamhost!
December 30th, 2006 at 19:51
May 18, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 21:06
May 20, 2007
December 30th, 2006 at 22:30
August 10, 2007
December 31st, 2006 at 10:05
February 12, 2006
December 31st, 2006 at 10:06
Darn, does it count if I say that I meant February 12, 2007?
December 31st, 2006 at 10:54
Corinne - Sure, no problem!
December 31st, 2006 at 14:44
June 12, 2007
December 31st, 2006 at 18:35
May 14, 2007
December 31st, 2006 at 19:53
I would have to say July 28 2007
December 31st, 2006 at 23:52
November 19, 2007
December 31st, 2006 at 23:58
May 7, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 01:50
OK… I got it… May 4, 2007 12:18:35 PM
January 1st, 2007 at 01:57
April 1, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 10:19
May 14, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 15:27
March 2, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 16:45
March 18, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 16:54
April 15, 2007. Gotta go with my b-day–it’s just lucky!
January 1st, 2007 at 16:56
April 1st 2007. Nope, no joking going on here
January 1st, 2007 at 18:00
March 17th, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 19:42
May 9th, 2007
January 1st, 2007 at 23:43
I say June 25, 2007
January 2nd, 2007 at 00:36
June 1, 2007.
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:04
Are employees of DreamHost eligible to win? =)
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:25
May 8, 2007
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:52
Pete V - Sure, no problem - as long as you won’t run crazy promos to affect the result
January 2nd, 2007 at 14:08
Which time zone is being used for times and dates?
January 2nd, 2007 at 16:07
OK. First I wanted 5-6-7 because that sounded cool. Then I thought 5-1 because that’s May Day. But, factoring in my guess at what time zone applies, I’m going with April 27, 2007. Subject to revision after the 1-8 data comes out… but for now, April 27, 2007, final answer.
January 2nd, 2007 at 16:13
August 3rd, 2007
January 2nd, 2007 at 16:37
April 4, 2007
January 2nd, 2007 at 18:22
Well then! In that case, I guess the week of May 21st.
January 2nd, 2007 at 21:39
I’m going May 15, 2007
January 2nd, 2007 at 23:30
May 28, 2007
January 3rd, 2007 at 05:40
My guess is April 17th 2007
January 3rd, 2007 at 05:43
I would say May 31, 2007
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:58
Customer > Timezone is PST (GMT -8) (same timezone as DreamHost).
WebHosting.Info has just released their report for January 1, 2007. DreamHost is currently at 407,977 domains.
January 3rd, 2007 at 14:27
May 14, 2007
January 3rd, 2007 at 19:20
May 1, 2007
January 4th, 2007 at 13:21
May 15, 2007
January 4th, 2007 at 18:49
May 5, 2007
January 5th, 2007 at 07:46
May 16, 2007
January 5th, 2007 at 07:48
May 17, 2007
January 5th, 2007 at 16:33
March 14, 2007
January 5th, 2007 at 19:21
April 24, 2007
January 5th, 2007 at 20:55
May 6, 2007
January 6th, 2007 at 02:10
December 4, 2007
January 6th, 2007 at 05:11
March 9, 2007
January 6th, 2007 at 16:13
May 12, 2007 *my birthday*
January 6th, 2007 at 19:47
October 19, 2007
January 6th, 2007 at 22:16
March 23, 2007
January 7th, 2007 at 07:11
March, 14th 2007
January 8th, 2007 at 00:08
March 3rd 2007
January 8th, 2007 at 13:49
April 18th 2007
January 8th, 2007 at 14:00
WebHosting.Info has released their report for January 8, 2007. DreamHost is currently at 416,456 domains. Nice increase in rate.
January 8th, 2007 at 14:03
April 17, 2007
January 8th, 2007 at 15:53
March 11, 2007
January 8th, 2007 at 20:23
My guess if August 31st, 2007.
Mark
January 8th, 2007 at 21:37
May 19, 2007
January 9th, 2007 at 01:20
29 April 2007
January 9th, 2007 at 04:15
March 10th, 2007
January 9th, 2007 at 10:05
July 15,2007
My birthday:)
January 9th, 2007 at 16:48
May 10, 2007
January 10th, 2007 at 01:33
A little bird tells me: 9 March, 2007 at 00:30 (12:30 AM) GMT.
January 10th, 2007 at 06:43
April 4, 2007
January 10th, 2007 at 11:17
April 2, 2006
January 10th, 2007 at 18:22
August 3, 2007
January 10th, 2007 at 20:18
March 27, 2007
January 10th, 2007 at 23:16
I say October 25th 2007. ^^;
January 11th, 2007 at 00:04
Put me down for March 26, 2007
January 11th, 2007 at 02:05
June 16, 2007
January 11th, 2007 at 04:11
August 1st, 2007
January 11th, 2007 at 05:51
February 22, 2007 - my birthday!
January 11th, 2007 at 09:43
March 29, 2006
January 11th, 2007 at 16:47
April 19, 2007
January 11th, 2007 at 16:51
April 12, 2007
January 11th, 2007 at 16:52
April 26, 2007
January 11th, 2007 at 16:57
April 5, 2007
January 12th, 2007 at 21:59
1st of Jan 2007
January 12th, 2007 at 22:57
14 May 2007
January 12th, 2007 at 23:02
15 April 2007
January 13th, 2007 at 17:23
April 28, 2007
January 13th, 2007 at 17:54
April 29, 2007
January 13th, 2007 at 18:15
January 2, 2007
January 13th, 2007 at 18:19
14 September 2007
January 13th, 2007 at 18:20
24 July 2007
January 14th, 2007 at 08:25
May 22, 2006
January 14th, 2007 at 17:41
I say…. June 18th, 2007.
January 14th, 2007 at 23:24
I guess it will cross on 31 july 2007
January 14th, 2007 at 23:27
1st of June, 2007
January 14th, 2007 at 23:38
Independence Day: July 4, 2007…
January 14th, 2007 at 23:47
June 6th, 2007!