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E-commerce Hosting The companies who provide the technologies and services that are needed for web sites to be viewable on the Internet are commonly referred to as web hosting companies. There are literally thousands upon thousands of companies offering such services for varying prices and plans. Some of these companies offer free space (free web hosts) through which you can store data, however these plans generally come with advertising banners that are out of your control, have poor reliability, and even poorer customer service. Other companies offer a great deal of space complete with 24-hour customer service, through which you are responsible for paying a monthly premium for use. These services are more common for ecommerce websites that require more space and a greater deal of reliability and customer support. As it is today, the United States is the leader in the worldwide web
hosting industry, having more than 23.5 million registered domains hosted
from its servers. The next closest country is Germany with ~ 2.1 million
registered domains, an incredible gap of 20 (+) million domain names.
Not surprisingly, the U.S is home to 4 of the top 5 web hosting companies
in the world. The top 5 web hosting companies are as follows:
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