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  1. Google Domain Strategy Could Impact Domain Resale Values

    How does Google plan to use its new status as a domain registrar? Speculation abounds. One of the most intriguing theories, outlined at Datamonitor, is that Google will use its access to the list of recently sold domains to clean up its search results, resetting a site's "PageRank" when its domain changes hands.

    That would be consistent with Google's indication that it will use its ICANN accreditation to "learn more about the Internet's domain name system ... While we have no plans to register domains at this time, we believe this information can help us increase the quality of our search results," the company said in a statement. As a public company, Google is unlikely to publicly misstate its intentions, lest it face scrutiny from regulators and investors.

    Even if it doesn't enter the registry business, Google's plans could affect the price of domain sales on the secondary market. The strategy outlined by Datamonitor, citing "a source claiming knowledge of Google's plans," would make it more difficult for domain owners to benefit from a strong Google ranking when they sell a domain.

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    Posted by Rich Miller on 2nd February, 2005 in Hosting Share

  2. Most Reliable Hosting Providers during January

    Ranking by Failed Requests and Connection time,
    January 1st - 31st 2005

    Datapipe, which was the most reliable hosting provider for the second half of 2004, got the new year off to a strong start with a faultless performance in January, with no failed requests from any of our measurement points. It was the first flawless month for a hosting provider since last March, when German hoster Komplex had zero failures.

    Datapipe's web site is powered by Windows Server 2003. This month's top 10 includes four sites running on Linux, two on Windows Server 2003, two on FreeBSD, one on Solaris 9, and one site (Interland) on Windows 2000.

    Hoster Performance January 2005

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    Posted by Mandy Davis on 1st February, 2005 in Hosting Share

  3. February 2005 Web Server Survey Finds 40 Million Sites on Apache

    In the February 2005 survey we received responses from 59,100,880 sites, an increase of 906,044 sites from last month.

    This month's survey marks a significant milestone for Apache, which now serves more than 40 million sites. The open source Apache server reached 10 million sites in June 2000, 20 million in November 2001 and 30 million in November 2003. Apache was detected on 658 domains in the initial Netcraft survey in August 1995, when its 3.5 percent market share was dwarfed by software from NCSA (57 percent) and CERN (19.7).

    Apache seems to have regained momentum in its ongoing battle for market share with Microsoft. After nearly no change in server market share in 2004, Apache extended its lead over Microsoft by 1 percent last month and another 0.4 percent this month, and now runs on 68.8 percent of web sites, compared to 20.9 percent for Windows servers.

    Total Sites Across All Domains August 1995 - February 2005

    Total Sites Across All Domains, August 1995 - February 2005

    Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains August 1995 - February 2005

    Graph of market share for top servers across all domains, August 1995 - February 2005

    Top Developers
    DeveloperJanuary 2005PercentFebruary 2005PercentChange
    Apache3982136868.434068114068.830.40
    Microsoft1213744620.861232211120.85-0.01
    Sun18300083.1418357183.11-0.03
    Zeus6901931.196185991.05-0.14

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    Posted by Netcraft on 1st February, 2005 in Web Server Survey Share

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