SiteGround

YEAR IN REVIEW

It goes without saying that 2020 was a year we will never forget. Even though we were all worried about staying safe during the COVID pandemic and getting used to working remotely and in isolation, our team found great comfort and joy in introducing lots of service enhancements to the benefit of our clients, giving back to our communities, and being recognized for the good things we have done. Read below to see how we did it in 2020 and let’s start the new year 2021 with smiles on our faces and gratitude in our hearts!

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Multiple Enhancements For A Higher Quality of Service

Moving to Google Cloud for Better Redundancy & Speed

Despite the increased server costs and the heavy transfer process, partnering with a reliable and innovative Cloud provider like Google is a solid investment in the quality of our service. Since the beginning of 2020, our clients have enjoyed more stable, faster, greener, and more easily scalable hosting!

New Ultrafast PHP Server Setup

We launched a new Ultrafast PHP server setup that solves the extremely challenging task of providing fast, stable PHP while supporting Apache and the variety of .htaccess security rules defined by users and apps. Clients on GoGeek and Cloud plans with Site Tools who use it have reported up to 30% faster sites!

New Ultrafast PHP Server Setup

More Performance for WordPress Sites

We added many new performance optimizers for free in our SG Optimizer plugin. We started supporting the much lighter WebP image format, lazy-load of videos, Google font loading optimizations, Heartbeat control, and more, all of which help make your site load much faster.

More Performance for WordPress Sites

Upgraded Plans with More Resources for Free

Operating on Google Cloud allowed us to manage our resource usage much more efficiently, which enabled us to add free resources to some of our plans.

Free Extra CPU & RAM for our Clouds

We gave 1CPU Core and 2 GB RAM to all Cloud accounts for free.

Extra Space for GoGeek Accounts

We upgraded our GoGeek accounts with additional 10 GB of space.

Moving to Our New Interfaces

Moving to Our New Interfaces

All clients now using the new Client Area

All new and existing users are already taking advantage of our enhanced Client area and its sleek interface.

Huge progress with migrations to Site Tools

We’ve streamlined the complex process of transferring accounts from cPanel to Site Tools. We expect to finish with all migrations by the end of March as we now move sites as fast as 5.44 seconds per account!

Improved web accessibility

Both the new Client Area and Site Tools got enhanced with high contrast themes, screen reader support, keyboard handling.

Supporting Our Communities During The COVID Pandemic

Like all people in the world, we were strongly affected by COVID-19. Since March 2020, we have been working remotely, struggling with the surrounding uncertainty, observing our communities’ difficulties to cope with the crisis, and trying to contribute and help our team members, clients, and people in need as much as we can.

Over 350,000 EUR

Donated

We made company and employee-driven COVID-19 donations to medical institutions and municipalities in Bulgaria and Spain.

Free Hosting

Given to Local Heroes

We gave 12 months of free hosting to over 100 COVID-19 initiatives, nominated by their local communities as part of our #StaySafeBeKind campaign.

Wellness Program

For employees

We organized online workouts, mental health workshops, games, Q&A with our management, and more to support our employees while working remotely.

Free Renewals

for Those in Need

We gave free renewals in April for clients from Italy and Spain and extended the hosting of clients from other regions who have asked us for postponement of their payments.

Produced Lots of Useful Content

One thing became very clear this year - many businesses had to move online if they wanted to survive, and many people who remained jobless started an online project. But going online is not always easy, and many of us need assistance and guidance. So, we took the challenge and put a lot of work into free helpful content for anyone who starts a website and wants to build their presence online.

Videos About Sitebuilding

Videos About Sitebuilding

When you dive into launching a website, you suddenly face tons of terms that don’t mean much. Follow us on Youtube, and learn all you need to know about site building.

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SEO Blog Series

SEO Blog Series

SEO is the cheapest form of marketing if done right. To learn what that means, you can read Rebeca Gill’s series of articles on SEO and start practicing.

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Together with the PHP guru Cal Evans, we started a podcast that tackles complex topics like web security, development, and more and makes them easy to get in plain English.

Geek 2 English Podcast

Together with the PHP guru Cal Evans, we started a podcast that tackles complex topics like web security, development, and more and makes them easy to get in plain English.

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For more content about WordPress, marketing, eCommerce, and more, subscribe to our Youtube channel and click the notifications button ON. Also, keep an eye on our blog where we post new articles regularly.

Enjoyed the Appreciation of Our Clients & Communities

Winning 2 Stevie Awards for Customer Service

SiteGround won the People’s Choice vote and the Silver award in the jury vote for Customer Service Department of the Year in “Computer Hardware & Services” category in the 14th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. “The Stevies” as they’re known, are one of the most prestigious international business awards, recognizing excellence in business-crucial disciplines and attract more than 12,000 nominations each year in different industries. Winning such a massive vote does not come easy and it takes years of hard work, dedication, and consistency to get to where we are today.

Winning 2 Stevie Awards for Customer Service
Getting a BigSEE award for our HQ building

Getting a BigSEE award for our HQ building

Our Headquarters building in Sofia, Bulgaria, which we had inaugurated in September 2019 and hardly inhabited since the COVID-19 came a few months after, won the BigSEE Architecture Award for Public and Commercial Architecture, which distinguished design in the field of architecture, interior and model design for Southeast Europe every year.





Receiving 12 Employer Awards in 2020

SiteGround’s actions during the Covid-19 outbreak were rated high by our team and helped us win the “People’s Choice” Award at “Employer of Choice” Awards, as well as 11 more jury awards by To The Top Agency and Career Show in Bulgaria!







Receiving 12 Employer Awards in 2020
Getting Wins from Teammates

Getting Wins from Teammates

We invited our 600+ colleagues to give a win to a team member, team, or campaign who made them feel happy and proud to be part of the SiteGround team. We were glad to gather more than 100 wins that remind us that love and gratitude make us all stronger and better.







We Achieved

97.7%

Client Satisfaction Rate

Share Our 2020 Recap & Win Branded Headphones

We hope we have managed to cheer you up with all the things we did for your hosting and your website in 2020! If you are happy with our work, we invite you to share this recap page on your Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram profile until January 29, 2021, along with the hashtag #SiteGroundRecap2020. One lucky winner will get a special prize from SiteGround - branded Bose headphones!

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