Lets finish the list of web hosting companys with Germany. Why Germany? Because its one of the countries in Germany were the internet is. really big
Germany is an interesting market with lot of potential.
| Rank |
Hosting Company |
Market Share |
Total Domains |
| 1 |
SEDOPARKING.COM |
28.8523 % |
1,788,150 |
| 2 |
1UND1.DE |
10.978 % |
680,37 |
| 3 |
KAUFPOINT-SERVER.DE |
8.1957 % |
507,93 |
| 4 |
UNITED-DOMAINS.DE |
5.9736 % |
370,22 |
| 5 |
SCHLUND.DE |
5.7782 % |
358,11 |
| 6 |
UDAGDNS.DE |
3.5093 % |
217,5 |
| 7 |
NAMESPACE4YOU.COM |
3.0918 % |
191,62 |
| 8 |
HOSTEUROPE.DE |
2.3255 % |
144,12 |
| 9 |
STRATO.DE |
1.8901 % |
117,14 |
| 10 |
KASSERVER.COM |
1.8396 % |
114,01 |
| 11 |
SCHLUNDTECH.DE |
1.7352 % |
107,54 |
| 12 |
JOKER.COM |
1.6046 % |
99,45 |
| 13 |
DOMAINDISCOUNT24.NET |
1.4939 % |
92,59 |
| 14 |
HETZNER.DE |
1.1733 % |
72,72 |
| 15 |
SERVAGE.NET |
1.1354 % |
70,37 |
This is an international blog so Ill add some more countries largest web hosting companies.
Remember to take your time and compare the different web hosts so you get the best deal for you.
| Rank |
Hosting Company |
Market Share |
Total Domains |
| 1 |
WILDWESTDOMAINS.COM |
36.967 % |
26,764,384 |
| 2 |
ENOM.COM |
4.5811 % |
3,316,752 |
| 3 |
NETWORKSOLUTIONS.COM |
4.0076 % |
2,901,500 |
| 4 |
ONEANDONE.COM |
3.662 % |
2,651,326 |
| 5 |
YAHOO.COM |
2.8247 % |
2,045,095 |
| 6 |
DSREDIRECTION.COM |
2.6693 % |
1,932,561 |
| 7 |
REGISTER.COM |
1.9825 % |
1,435,323 |
| 8 |
HOSTGATOR.COM |
1.6741 % |
1,212,057 |
| 9 |
BLUEHOST.COM |
1.5328 % |
1,109,764 |
| 10 |
CASHPARKING.COM |
1.521 % |
1,101,223 |
| 11 |
DREAMHOST.COM |
1.4232 % |
1,030,435 |
| 12 |
BUYDOMAINS.COM |
1.2658 % |
916,45 |
| 13 |
WEBSITEWELCOME.COM |
1.129 % |
817,41 |
| 14 |
HOSTMONSTER.COM |
0.9393 % |
680,03 |
| 15 |
PARKED.COM |
0.8868 % |
642,02 |
If you are looking for an web hosting company in the Uk, here is a list of the 15 largest web hosting companies.
It seems like the competition is harder in the UK than in USA.
| Rank |
Hosting Company |
Market Share |
Total Domains |
| 1 |
PIPEX.NET |
14.1864 % |
606,27 |
| 2 |
1AND1.CO.UK |
12.6725 % |
541,58 |
| 3 |
FASTHOSTS.COM |
9.5279 % |
407,19 |
| 4 |
PIPEDNS.COM |
9.1108 % |
389,36 |
| 5 |
HEARTINTERNET.CO.UK |
3.5347 % |
151,06 |
| 6 |
NAMES.CO.UK |
3.0943 % |
132,24 |
| 7 |
UK2.NET |
2.7277 % |
116,57 |
| 8 |
ULTRADNS.CO.UK |
2.5211 % |
107,74 |
| 9 |
NETNAMES.NET |
2.0704 % |
88,48 |
| 10 |
EASILY.CO.UK |
1.9275 % |
82,38 |
| 11 |
CONNECTSERVE.NET |
1.1209 % |
47,9 |
| 12 |
STREAMLINEDNS.CO.UK |
0.8809 % |
37,65 |
| 13 |
DOMAINMONSTER.COM |
0.873 % |
37,31 |
| 14 |
LCN.COM |
0.8496 % |
36,31 |
| 15 |
SUPREMESERVER10.COM |
0.8474 % |
36,21 |
There are a lot of web hosting companies in the world, maybe to many 
.
Here is a list of the 15 largest web hosting companies in the world. As you can see Wild West Domains has an outstanding market share.
| Rank |
Hosting Company |
Country |
Market Share |
Total Domains |
| 1 |
WILDWESTDOMAINS.COM |
|
23.0948 % |
26,764,384 |
| 2 |
ENOM.COM |
|
2.862 % |
3,316,752 |
| 3 |
NETWORKSOLUTIONS.COM |
|
2.5037 % |
2,901,500 |
| 4 |
ONEANDONE.COM |
|
2.2878 % |
2,651,326 |
| 5 |
YAHOO.COM |
|
1.7647 % |
2,045,095 |
| 6 |
DSREDIRECTION.COM |
|
1.6676 % |
1,932,561 |
| 7 |
SEDOPARKING.COM |
|
1.543 % |
1,788,150 |
| 8 |
REGISTER.COM |
|
1.2385 % |
1,435,323 |
| 9 |
HOSTGATOR.COM |
|
1.0459 % |
1,212,057 |
| 10 |
BLUEHOST.COM |
|
0.9576 % |
1,109,764 |
| 11 |
XINNET.COM |
|
0.9567 % |
1,108,679 |
| 12 |
CASHPARKING.COM |
|
0.9502 % |
1,101,223 |
| 13 |
DREAMHOST.COM |
|
0.8892 % |
1,030,435 |
| 14 |
ABOVE.COM |
|
0.8375 % |
970,57 |
| 15 |
OVH.NET |
|
0.8106 % |
939,43 |
The price for web hosting depends on your needs so I will give you some price examples for different services.
Budget hosting.
If your needs are low you can use the cheaper types of hosting, a normal price is between $5-10 per month. That usually includes the domain cost.
Average to high demand.
Expect to pay everything from $7-50 per month. As stated before, your needs for disk space and data transfer makes a big difference.
Colocation
Here the pricing is higher but this service is not for every one either.
A good Colocation will cost at lest $50 per month. If you need higher bandwidth and lot of ip addresses it can easily cost twice that.
Colocation means that you share a server hall with lots of other companies.
These data centres lower the cost for the server and you get much better internet connections and security.
These server halls have have fire protection systems, air conditioning to keep the temperature down, good electrical systems etc. The colocation serivice provider usually has really good network connectivity so the traffic will be increased to your site.
Most of the providers also have good physical protection with video surveillance and guards.
The colocation service is perfect for companies the want to use their own servers for their websites. Lets say that you have a home built web shop that require a lot of special installations on the server to work. Colocation is perfect for you.
This is one of the newer kind of web hosting.
The cloud is a collective name for services that you run completely online. Most of us use installed Office Programs for writing documents, but now these programs have moved onto the internet. The upside is that the cost for these programs is considerably lower. The downside is that they don’t have as many functions as the traditional programs. Also you need an internet connection to use the programs. That means that its harder to work on a plane and other locations were an internet connections wouldn’t work.
A lot of companies are moving these services to the cloud. The future will tell us if it is a smart move or not.
The first thing you need to decide is what kind of server needs you have for the web hosting?
If you just have small web page just for fun, your need are probably low. In this case you can consider a free web hosting with ads or a cheap hosting with few options.
But if you have a bigger and more serious web site you might have to give this some thought.
How much traffic do you estimate? With low traffic you could settle for a shared web hosting service but if you have a sit that will have considerably higher traffic you might want to choose a dedicated server. That means that you get your own server and full control of it. you can either own the server it self or just rent it.
Lets say that you want to have a web page or a blog and you just finished it on you computer, now what?
You have to put it on the internet, but how?
This is were you need a web hosting company. A web hosting service lets you make your website accessible in the Internet. From the Web hosts you rent space on a server they own with Internet connection. Web hosts can also provide data centre space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data centre, called colocation.
There are many kind of hosting services. The most basic is a small web page service. Many web hosting companies are also Internet service providers (ISPs). Sometimes they offer their services free to their subscribers. But if you use the free service you will get ads on your page. But if you pay the fee you wont be bothered by that.
So if you have a webpage or blog you need to publish it on the internet, web hosting companies offer this service.
Welcome to my blog about web hosting. I have a lot of friends that ask me a lot of questions about web hosting. So why not compile some information in a blog?
Good idea, lets get to work.
I will write about what web hosting is and what it means to you as a customer.
Different types of web hosting.
Different types of services the web hosting companies offer.
Pricing is often a big issue so I will cover that as well.
If you have any questions about my topics, please leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
That was all for now, keep in touch for more usefull information about web hosting.