WebHosting.info
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| Type: | Privately Held |
| Industry: | Domain Statistics |
| Founded: | India, 2003 |
| Founder(s): | Bhavin Turakhia |
| Ownership: | Directi |
| Headquarters: | Directiplex, Next to Andheri Subway, Old Nagardas Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069 |
| Country: | India |
| Website: | webhosting.info |
| LinkedIn: | webhosting.info |
| Twitter: |  @webhostinginfo
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| Key People | |
| Bhavin Turakhia, Founder, CEO | |
WebHosting.info is a research and statistical website that offers information related to the domain name industry, for example Domain Names by Country of Purchase.[1] It is a "database" of the web industry.
History
WebHosting.info is a division of Directi. It was founded in September, 2003.[2] Directi has four offices in India, and one office in China, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. The seven offices are used for Directi and their numerous divisions, including WebHosting.info.[3]
Currently, WebHosting.info monitors over 2 billion IP addresses, 35 million domain names, 35,000 hosting companies and 1.3 million DNS servers.[4] This is acomplished with the help of optimized geographically distributed crawlers.[5]
Services offered by WebHosting.Info
- Statistics of the fastest growing registrars, offering details regarding total registered domains at each company and improvement over the statistics of the previous month.[6] You can also browse registrars by country of origin to find out more about them.[7]
- Statistics of the top 50 web hosting companies worldwide, with details regarding total number of domains hosted and market share.[8] You can also check top 25 web hosting companies from a specific country.[9]
- Statistics of the gTLDs by number of registered domains. The statistics include the most common gTLDs like .com or .biz. Offerings include data regarding total number of registered domains and how the figures changed in the last week.[10]
- Statistics of the domain name distribution worldwide. Offers information regarding the total number of domains bought in the countries of the world. Also offers statistics regarding the evolution of worldwide domain registrations in the last weeks.[11]
- A frequently updated section with news about the industry.[12]