dmaven
02-18-2006, 09:48 AM
A recent survey by the statistics company Ipwalk shows a strong growth on the Internet by large countries such as Russia and the US. It also reveals stagnation in IT-hyped countries such as Taiwan and India.
Between April 2005 and January 2006 the number of domain names registered in Russia increased by more than 50%, in comparison with 30% in the United States. Both Canada and the small country of Luxembourg showed an increase of about 40%, with Poland being the 5th fastest growing country on the Internet.
The strong growth in Russia shows what potential this large country has to become a force to be reckoned with on the Internet in the future.
During the same period of time, Belgium shows a loss of more than 25%. Taiwan and India, two countries that often are mentioned with a certain IT hype, are displaying practically no growth whatsoever. Slovenia and Austria are also among the slowest growing countries on the Internet.
The large loss in Belgium is mainly due to a large number of domain names being lost by the Belgian hosting provider Combell in November 2005.
In order to determine the fastest, and slowest, growing countries on the Internet, Ipwalk processed a database consisting of all generic domain names and related updates over a period of 10 months, starting in April 2005. It should be noted that this survey measured the growth relative to each countries’ own amount of domain names. This is why relatively small countries, such as Luxembourg, are on this list.
While the fastest growing countries on the Internet could have been predicted by industry insiders, there are some really unexpected entries among the slowest growing countries.
Between April 2005 and January 2006 the number of domain names registered in Russia increased by more than 50%, in comparison with 30% in the United States. Both Canada and the small country of Luxembourg showed an increase of about 40%, with Poland being the 5th fastest growing country on the Internet.
The strong growth in Russia shows what potential this large country has to become a force to be reckoned with on the Internet in the future.
During the same period of time, Belgium shows a loss of more than 25%. Taiwan and India, two countries that often are mentioned with a certain IT hype, are displaying practically no growth whatsoever. Slovenia and Austria are also among the slowest growing countries on the Internet.
The large loss in Belgium is mainly due to a large number of domain names being lost by the Belgian hosting provider Combell in November 2005.
In order to determine the fastest, and slowest, growing countries on the Internet, Ipwalk processed a database consisting of all generic domain names and related updates over a period of 10 months, starting in April 2005. It should be noted that this survey measured the growth relative to each countries’ own amount of domain names. This is why relatively small countries, such as Luxembourg, are on this list.
While the fastest growing countries on the Internet could have been predicted by industry insiders, there are some really unexpected entries among the slowest growing countries.