Top Web Hosters & Hosting Related Websites

by Bejan A. on April 8, 2010

Top Web Hosters

Top Hosters Ranked by Domains, Search Ranking & PPC Activity

Here we have compiled rankings of the top Web Hosters and Hosting related websites in North America based on multiple metrics:

  • number of domains hosted
  • natural search rankings (Google)
  • estimated PPC Ad budget

The below Hosting Provider rankings do not include rankings for the best Hosting Providers but rather are focused on identifying the most aggressive Hosters in terms of the scope and success of their Web marketing activity. The Web Hosting research below identifies these top Web Hosters so that we can focus on analysis of their practices and activity related to Paid Search, SEO and Social Media.

Top Hosters USA by # of Domains Hosted

RankHosting CompanyMarket ShareTotal Domains
1WILDWESTDOMAINS.COM
aka GODADDY.COM		35.61%25,104,993
2ENOM.COM4.89%3,445,435
3NETWORKSOLUTIONS.COM4.07%2,867,300
4ONEANDONE.COM3.69%2,603,757
5YAHOO.COM2.99%2,108,570
6DSREDIRECTION.COM
aka OVERSEE.NET		2.40%1,689,224
7REGISTER.COM2.12%1,497,131
8CASHPARKING.COM1.56%1,098,887
9HOSTGATOR.COM1.43%1,010,193
10BLUEHOST.COM1.41%997,220
11DREAMHOST.COM1.39%978,484
12BUYDOMAINS.COM1.31%922,037
13WEBSITEWELCOME.COM1.02%719,495
14PARKED.COM0.97%683,248
15HOSTMONSTER.COM0.90%634,232
16FASTPARK.NET0.63%445,681
17BCENTRAL.COM0.62%434,110
18DOMAINSERVICE.COM0.60%421,002
19RACKSPACE.COM0.58%406,738
20DOTSTER.COM0.57%399,060
21REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM0.52%363,876
22MEDIATEMPLE.NET0.51%360,433
23DIRECTNIC.COM0.50%350,203
24DNSNAMESERVER.ORG0.44%308,506
25IXWEBHOSTING.COM0.43%305,797
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Top Hosters Canada by # of Domains Hosted

RankHosting CompanyMarket ShareTotal Domains
1MDNSSERVICE.COM14.95%544,918
2GENERATION.NET10.00%364,525
3NETFIRMS.COM8.10%295,308
4RENEWYOURNAME.NET4.46%162,366
5DOTEASY.COM3.10%112,847
6EASYDNS.COM2.02%73,652
7DOMAINDIRECT.COM1.57%57,360
8SOFTCOMCA.COM1.53%55,915
9NAMERESOLVERS.COM1.52%55,394
10BRAVEHOST.COM1.38%50,366
11MEGANAMESERVERS.COM1.28%46,498
12EASYDNS.ORG1.26%45,755
13EASYDNS.NET1.23%44,999
14SHOPCO.COM1.20%43,610
15HOSTPAPA.COM1.17%42,485
16iWEB.COM1.13%41,190
17E-CORP.NET1.10%40,025
18POOL.COM1.07%39,090
19LIGHTNINGHOST.COM1.05%38,092
20POINT2.COM1.02%37,172
21CONSULNET.COM1.01%36,940
22DOMAINSATCOST.CA0.99%35,921
23HOVER.COM0.97%35,308
24DNS4LESS.COM0.95%34,557
25DOMAINMANAGER.COM0.95%34,453
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Top Hosting Related Sites by Natural Search Ranking

DomainPageRank
godaddy.comhttps://www.godaddy.com/1
webhostinggeeks.comhttp://webhostinggeeks.com/2
webhostingchoice.comhttp://www.webhostingchoice.com/3
en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting_service4
webhostingsearch.comhttp://www.webhostingsearch.com/5
webspacehosting.comhttp://webspacehosting.com/6
smallbusiness.yahoo.comhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/7
hostgator.comhttp://www.hostgator.com/8
bluehost.comhttp://www.bluehost.com/9
hostmonster.comhttp://www.hostmonster.com/10
justhost.comhttp://www.justhost.com/11
webhostingstuff.comhttp://www.webhostingstuff.com/12
networksolutions.comhttp://www.networksolutions.com/web-hosting/index.jsp13
siteground.comhttp://www.siteground.com/14
inmotionhosting.comhttp://www.inmotionhosting.com/15
order.1and1.comhttp://order.1and1.com/16
envisionwebhosting.comhttp://www.envisionwebhosting.com/17
webhostingfan.comhttp://www.webhostingfan.com/18
webhostingpad.comhttp://www.webhostingpad.com/19
w3schools.comhttp://www.w3schools.com/hosting/default.asp20
fatcow.comhttp://www.fatcow.com/21
webhosting.comhttp://www.webhosting.com/22
webhosting.infohttp://www.webhosting.info/23
b2evolution.nethttp://b2evolution.net/web-hosting/top-quality-best-webhosting.php24
webhostingreport.comhttp://www.webhostingreport.com/25
gobblerhosting.comhttp://www.gobblerhosting.com/26
webhostingbuzz.comhttp://www.webhostingbuzz.com/27
hostingcoupons.orghttp://www.hostingcoupons.org/28
lunarpages.comhttp://www.lunarpages.com/29
reviews.cnet.comhttp://reviews.cnet.com/web-hosting/30
themes2wp.comhttp://www.themes2wp.com/hosting-for-wordpress-blogs31
webhostingbreak.comhttp://www.webhostingbreak.com/32
alreadyhosting.comhttp://www.alreadyhosting.com/33
hostinginsiders.comhttp://www.hostinginsiders.com/34
ixwebhosting.comhttp://www.ixwebhosting.com/35
accuwebhosting.comhttp://www.accuwebhosting.com/36
arvixe.comhttp://www.arvixe.com/37
ehostinfo.comhttp://www.ehostinfo.com/38
webhosting.nethttp://www.webhosting.net/39
findmyhosting.comhttp://www.findmyhosting.com/40
onewebhosting.comhttp://www.onewebhosting.com/41
webhostingtop.orghttp://webhostingtop.org/42
wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/hosting/43
hostway.comhttp://www.hostway.com/44
webhostingart.comhttp://www.webhostingart.com/45
ipowerweb.comhttp://www.ipowerweb.com/46
websitehostingwiki.comhttp://websitehostingwiki.com/47
omnis.comhttp://www.omnis.com/48
businesshostingprovider.comhttp://www.businesshostingprovider.com/49
emeraldwebhost.comhttp://emeraldwebhost.com/50
Based on Google Natural Search Ranking as of April 8, 2010.

GoDaddy Aggressive Growth due to Brand Development, Hosting Platform Technology Expertise & Hyper-Active Web Marketing

After tabulating this data, we can clearly observe that GoDaddy is the largest and fastest growing Hoster and ICANN Domain Registrar. As we explain in detail elsewhere at this site, the scope of their Web marketing activity dwarfs all competitors. Below is the list of the fastest growing ICANN Registars worldwide based on activity from 3/15/2010 to 4/5/2010.

Top 75 Fastest Growing ICANN Registrars Worldwide

RankRegistrar NameNet GainTotal Domains
1GO DADDY495,63733,354,883
2ENOM86,2439,217,730
3MONIKER72,7362,777,281
4HICHINA49,882792,966
5RESELLERCLUB.COM41,8922,435,386
6TUCOWS39,5227,488,238
7Onamae.com35,501879,709
8SCHLUND+PARTNER34,5314,790,778
9WILD WEST DOMAINS31,8873,190,078
10FASTDOMAIN.COM25,5661,040,528
11GANDI21,422654,227
12NAME.COM21,233638,818
13OVH17,082941,528
14XINNET.COM14,0611,672,370
1555HL.COM13,20416,056
16REGISTER.IT10,610443,113
17DYNADOT10,112343,872
18BIZCN.COM9,712305,811
19KEY-SYSTEMS7,9381,521,530
20CORPORATE DOMAINS6,816369,695
21DNS.COM.CN6,611277,194
22PSI-USA6,531762,768
23DOMAINNAME.AT6,409155,455
24ASCIO6,230670,495
25NAMEKING.COM6,115516,713
26NICPROXY.COM5,52027,827
27AUSTDOMAINS.COM.AU5,04660,281
28NETART-REGISTRAR.COM4,5195,519
29ALPINEDOMAINS.COM4,22832,697
30STRATO AG3,7251,006,815
31FBS Inc.3,637138,534
32YOURNAMEMONKEY.COM3,47712,616
33INTERNETWIRE.NET3,450200,014
34EPAG Domainservices3,391135,633
351API.DE3,285116,056
36NETFIRMS.COM3,124361,382
37DOMAINMONSTER.COM3,00545,583
38GZ.COM2,99538,749
39REGISTRATION TECHNOLOGIES2,963252,135
40CDMON.COM2,92337,513
41MARCARIA.COM2,7943,505
42NAMEBAY2,772174,353
43DREAMHOST2,735517,546
44MARKMONITOR2,579479,319
4512REGISTER.COM2,53974,152
45DOMAINCONTEXT.COM2,53921,025
47HEBEIDOMAINS.COM2,47935,662
48POWERBRANDCENTER.COM2,44017,198
49BOOKMYNAME2,346164,433
50TODAYNIC.COM2,30081,251
51Netearthone, Inc 2,29737,769
52ACTIVE 24 ASA2,270209,596
53IWELT.DE2,2372,285
54RU CENTER2,20295,938
55IHS Telekom, Inc 2,14282,367
56ELB Group, Inc. 2,05833,569
57Above, Inc 1,90514,561
5835.COM1,684146,802
59NAME71,632169,784
60GOFRANCEDOMAINS.COM1,61829,013
61SCIP.ES1,58315,659
62DINAHOSTING.COM1,53466,616
63HETZNER.DE1,5315,137
64DOMAINSATCOST.CA1,52833,936
65BLUE RAZOR1,43981,370
66BLACKNIGHT.COM1,3965,534
67JOKER.COM1,372503,459
68DISTRIBUTEIT.COM.AU1,33644,390
68LIMEDOMAINS.COM1,3368,358
70LOCAWEB.COM.BR1,284132,077
71Net4India Limited1,255102,064
72FREEPARKING DOMAIN REGISTRARS,INC.1,21538,698
73NETREGISTRY.NET1,11857,926
74Az.pl1,10425,857
75UKRNAMES.COM1,0925,545
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