{"id":12592,"date":"2017-10-17T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2018-09-27T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T18:37:32","slug":"happy-birthday-snappy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/happy-birthday-snappy\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures of Snappy"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 22, 2002<\/h3>\n

HostGator is founded in a dorm room at Florida Atlantic University.<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: The company was almost called gatorhost.com instead of HostGator.com!<\/p>\n

Snappy is born.<\/p>\n

\"Hatchling<\/p>\n

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2003<\/h3>\n

HostGator celebrates our 100th customer in February.<\/p>\n

Snappy celebrates his first birthday and says his first word: 'web site.'\u009d<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

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2004<\/h3>\n

Just one year later, HostGator reaches 1000 customers.<\/p>\n

Snappy reaches his terrible twos and accordingly has his first temper tantrum when he loses his favorite stuffed teddy bear. Order is restored once he realizes it was hidden under the covers all along.
\n\"Sleeping<\/p>\n

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2005<\/h3>\n

HostGator gains customers in the tens of thousands, and gets recognized for our award-winning reseller hosting with a Best Reseller Hosting Award from Hosting-Review.com.<\/p>\n

At age three, Snappy starts riding\u00a0a tricycle around his neighborhood. This will come in handy later when HostGator sponsors the Tour du Rouge<\/a> for five years from 2010 to 2014.<\/p>\n

\"HostGator<\/p>\n

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2006<\/h3>\n

HostGator launches our first international office in Toronto, Ontario.\u00a0Oh, Canada!<\/p>\n

The company relocates our headquarters from Boca Raton, Florida, to Houston, Texas, where we’ve been ever since.<\/p>\n

\"HostGator<\/p>\n

Now four\u00a0years old, Snappy learns how to tie his shoes and discovers his favorite candies are blue M&Ms. He also adopts his first dog!<\/p>\n