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+---
+
+## Overview
+
+[GitLab Pages][pages-webpage] is a static site hosting service. It's a free
+service at [GitLab.com][com], and available on-premises for [GitLab EE][ee]
+instances only.
+
+You keep your website project in your own GitLab EE instance, build,
+test, and deploy it automatically with
+[GitLab CI][ci-webpage], and serve it with
+[GitLab Pages Server][pages-daemon].
+
+GitLab CI can build your site with [any Static Site Generator][ssgs-post-3]
+and deploy it to GitLab Pages, which also supports SSL/TLS certificates and custom
+domain and subdomain names.
+
+## Use-cases
+
+- Host your company's website
+- Host your costumers' websites
+- Host your team members' websites
+- Host different websites for each of your companies' departments
+- Use GitLab Pages as **staging** server and [deploy automatically or manually][post-ivan] to your **production** server 
+
 ## Getting started with GitLab Pages
 
 > **Note:**
@@ -461,3 +486,9 @@ For a list of known issues, visit GitLab's [public issue tracker].
 [pages-jekyll]: https://gitlab.com/pages/jekyll
 [metarefresh]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh
 [public issue tracker]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues?label_name=Pages
+[pages-webpage]: https://pages/gitlab.io
+[ci-webpage]: https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/
+[ssgs-post-3]: https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/
+[com]: https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in
+[ee]: https://about.gitlab.com/features/#enterprise
+[post-ivan]: https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/18/using-gitlab-labels/ci-deployment-and-environments/