Domain Names and Web Hosting Sales Soar as Internet Expands - DevilDomains.com
Considering the massive rise in the number of domain names registered, and the inevitable web hosting that is required to accommodate them. http://www.DevilDomains.com - A leading source of domain names and web hosting information -- Asks the question. Can the internet cope with the strain of its own success?
(PRWEB) October 5, 2004 -- Information released by Internet Systems Consortium shows the amazing rise and rise of domain names, the internet and the web hosting business. The survey which you can find at http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/ops/ds/ shows that the number of domain names and domain name registrations has risen from around 50 million in January 1999 to around 300 million by January 2004. And that this number is now rising by more than 100 million new domain name registrations every year.
As a leading provider of information about domain names and web hosting DevilDomains.com are keen to raise awareness of whether the infrastructure of the internet will be able to cope with this growth. This is particularly the case with the IP structure (Internet Protocol) that internet service providers use (You can get the low-down on internet service providers here). Because the architecture of the internet is built around something known as IP addresses. Every computer connected to the Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a "dotted-quad") and look something like 127.0.0.1. The problem is that the number of unassigned Internet addresses is running out, so a new classless scheme called CIDR is gradually replacing it.
The question is though will we be in time? If an individual or business is in the market for web hosting (check out our Beginners Guide to Web Hosting) then it is interesting to consider where that company and the internet will be in only a few years time. Getting a fabulous domain name isn't enough. Stability of operation and maximum uptime are essentials to a successful website, and it is well worth exploring further what state the internet will be in from a technological perspective as its growth expands across the world.
This becomes clearer when you look into the history of domain names and web hosting. It all began with a single text file called "hosts.txt" which the late Dr. Jon Postel, a UCLA professor maintained while under contract to the U.S. Department of Defence. And from those simple web hosting beginnings, look where we are today! Not one web hosting document, but literally billions (Google currently lists 4,285,199,774 web pages!)
For more information about Web Hosting and Domain Names you can visit our domain name and web site hosting resources section which has links to news and information about web site hosting and the domain name business.
Or else read any of these other articles to properly educate yourself about Domain Names and Web Hosting, and where the future of the internet might lie:
All About Free Web Hosting
A Beginner's Guide to Domain Name Registration
Domain Registration Secrets Revealed
Whois Guide
Web Site Hosting Simplied
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