Who is the world's biggest hosting provider? - GoFuckYourself.com

HEAT · 01-16-2007, 01:29 PM

I know theplanet.com is 4th largest hosting provider of web sites. (2.8 million)
who is #1 and 2, 3?
just curious.

pradaboy · 01-16-2007, 01:43 PM

Rackspace perhaps?

Himuro · 01-16-2007, 01:44 PM

wow that's a good question

pradaboy · 01-16-2007, 01:48 PM

Wait no, 1 & 1 is the biggest. I would guess GoDaddy is second.

jimb · 01-16-2007, 01:50 PM

I remember reading an article that in terms of actual accounts/domains hosted its GoDaddy.

In terms of dedicated servers under 1 roof its ThePlanet/EV1 (they merged about a year ago into one company that controls likes 20-40,000 servers).

In terms of square footage of hosting centers/data centers it has to be Equinix, I dont know another company with more square footage of datacenter space.

Jim

webair · 01-16-2007, 01:57 PM

rackspace is no where near the largest they concentrate on highly managed services

jimb · 01-16-2007, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webair

rackspace is no where near the largest they concentrate on highly managed services

At one point before EV1 had their explosive growth Rackspace controlled the most servers under 1 roof (something like 8,000 servers).

Then EV1 exploded....and then bought out ThePlanet.

Jim

fris · 01-16-2007, 02:03 PM

theplanet probably

epic1231 · 01-16-2007, 02:14 PM

1and1 hosts the most domains total from an article in that computer world magazine i read late last year.

jimb · 01-16-2007, 02:24 PM

You can use this little tool to see all the tracked nameservers in use on the web and how many domains each one hosts:

http://www.dailychanges.com/

As you can see the nameserver: SecureServer.net has approximately 10,000,000 domains hosted at it. SecureServer.net is just one of Godaddy's hosting nameservers.

Jim

chaze · 01-16-2007, 02:47 PM

They count this by domain registration not actual hosting so there is no way to know for sure.

Parked pages or just registered domains should not count as far as I'm concerned.

epic1231 · 01-16-2007, 02:52 PM

<- always uses godaddy personally easiest and best in my opinion

01-16-2007, 01:43 PM	#2
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01-16-2007, 01:48 PM	#4
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01-16-2007, 01:57 PM	#6
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01-16-2007, 02:03 PM	#8
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01-16-2007, 02:14 PM	#9
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01-16-2007, 01:29 PM	#1
HEAT Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,255	Who is the world's biggest hosting provider? I know theplanet.com is 4th largest hosting provider of web sites. (2.8 million) who is #1 and 2, 3? just curious.

01-16-2007, 01:44 PM	#3
Himuro Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: GO HABS GO!!! Posts: 934	wow that's a good question

01-16-2007, 01:50 PM	#5
jimb Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 2,514	I remember reading an article that in terms of actual accounts/domains hosted its GoDaddy. In terms of dedicated servers under 1 roof its ThePlanet/EV1 (they merged about a year ago into one company that controls likes 20-40,000 servers). In terms of square footage of hosting centers/data centers it has to be Equinix, I dont know another company with more square footage of datacenter space. Jim

01-16-2007, 02:24 PM	#10
jimb Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 2,514	You can use this little tool to see all the tracked nameservers in use on the web and how many domains each one hosts: http://www.dailychanges.com/ As you can see the nameserver: SecureServer.net has approximately 10,000,000 domains hosted at it. SecureServer.net is just one of Godaddy's hosting nameservers. Jim

01-16-2007, 02:47 PM	#11
chaze Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,752	They count this by domain registration not actual hosting so there is no way to know for sure. Parked pages or just registered domains should not count as far as I'm concerned.

01-16-2007, 02:52 PM	#12
epic1231 Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 188	<- always uses godaddy personally easiest and best in my opinion __________________ Pay Per Click or Impression Sponsors: Sell Blind Clicks \| Sell Your Unused Traffic