Web hosting providers rule the web
It is reported that there are currently more than 50,000 web hosting providers vying for the honor of hosting your website.
Every day dozens of new web hosting companies are launched struggling to get your attention and your web hosting business.
Although the web hosting industry is really quite young, it is undoubtedly one of the most competitive and fierce industries on the web today. However, the growth of this market is assured for the foreseeable future.
Now, each and every week, an estimated 50,000+ websites are launched and must be hosted somewhere online. This figure keeps growing and growing.
In fact, the current monthly count of the number of Yahoo searches for the term "web hosting" is a whopping 2,149,851. That's right, over 2 million!
It was also recently reported that the popularity of blogging was seeing tens of thousands of new blogs launched every day. While many of these are freely hosted, more serious bloggers require an account with a reliable web host.
Of course, every paid web hosting account generally requires at least one domain name registration. Here are some staggering domain name figures for you:
The registrar that owns the most domain names is said to be WildWestDomains. You might know them better as Godaddy. They currently have over 5 million domain name registrations!
The registrar with the second highest number of domain names is estimated to be Enom. The registrar with the third largest number of domain names is estimated to be Networksolutions.
Domain name registration growth:
By far the most popular top-level domain is .com. Currently, it is estimated that there are more than 40 million of these registered.
- The .com top-level domain currently occupies more than 70 percent of the domain name market.
- The .net top-level domain currently occupies just over 10 percent of the domain name market.
The good news for domain name and web hosting customers is that incredible deals have been made as competition between web hosting providers increases.
In fact, the price of web hosting has skyrocketed to just under $ 10 per month for quality service. Domain names that cost up to $ 35 just a few years ago can now be purchased for as little as $ 4.99.
This is a winning situation for both web hosting providers and their clients. The quality of service continues to grow. New web hosting providers must impress their clients to compete with more established organizations.
There has never been a better time to find a web host and establish your own Internet presence.