Domain Registration Related News
Web domains hit new high
October 2005
Netcraft reported that 17.5 million new hosts, or distinct Web
sites, appeared online in the last year. This is the most ever
detected in a 12-month period, beating the previous high of 16 million
in the 12 months to October 2000.
It means there are now almost 75 million Web sites worldwide, at least
according to Netcraft's statistics. Many of these will include domains
that have been registered but not used, meaning they only have a basic
holding page. The stats may also struggle to accurately count
instances where multiple sites use the same Web address. Despite these
drawbacks, Netcraft's figures which have been published quarterly
since 1995 are still a handy guide to the development of the Web.
Netcraft believes that this boom in Web sites is partly driven by more
small businesses getting online. Blogging has also played a part; Many
blogs are hosted within a single domain and thus not counted as
separate sites, while others are hosted on separate servers. But the
boom is not purely attributed to positive forces.
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