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[Ixape]

I read a news article on HostGator that claimed HostGator accounted for 1% of all internet traffic.

Is this really true?

[Preetam]

That's a lot of traffic.

[LuxuryServers]

Now that is a lot of traffic and people.. HostGator is a very big company that most users in this industry run to and most new web site makers come to for hosting and services. I remember when i first made my first web site and the first thing i do was ran to host gator buy hosting and learn the industry and improve skills. I learned a lot from them and they helped me with a lot in diffrent ways.

[Ixape]

Just seems like a lot of traffic - There are a lot of providers out there yet HostGator make up 1% of traffic. Interesting..

[Steven F]

Now think about SoftLayer's percentage...

[Ixape]

Originally Posted by Purely

Now think about SoftLayer's percentage...

Yes - This is what makes me wonder. One shared host can claim 1% - Data centres would use more - All adding up to above 100% :/

[8088]

Originally Posted by Ixape

I read a news article on HostGator

Can you post a link?

Originally Posted by Ixape

Is this really true?

We'll never know, because it can't be measured, only estimated.

[techjr]

Originally Posted by 8088

Can you post a link?

We'll never know, because it can't be measured, only estimated.

Quick google search gave this link http://www.hostgator.com/company.shtml

"The over five million domains hosted by HostGator make up approximately 1% of the world's Internet traffic"

They really cannot say that based on blind estimates with bandwidth.

[8088]

Originally Posted by techjr

Quick google search gave this link http://www.hostgator.com/company.shtml

Thanks. I browsed their blog, but couldn't find anything related.

"The over five million domains hosted by HostGator make up approximately 1% of the world's Internet traffic"

What a useless statement.

[FernGullyGraphics]

Its probably just a guesstimate on thier part, but they do host a pretty large amount of domain names, roughly around 1.7 million domain names are pointing to the Hostgator nameservers (not sure how many of those are parked though).

[SimplyLiam]

This is pretty hard to believe. Although I do love Hostgator, There support is amazing.. over 100 support representatives now days on live chat. I'm not with them any more but I still use there support sometimes if I have questions about my server lol.

[Ixape]

Originally Posted by FernGullyGraphics

Its probably just a guesstimate on thier part, but they do host a pretty large amount of domain names, roughly around 1.7 million domain names are pointing to the Hostgator nameservers (not sure how many of those are parked though).

It reached 5 million not long ago..

[Ixape]

Originally Posted by SimplyLiam

This is pretty hard to believe. Although I do love Hostgator, There support is amazing.. over 100 support representatives now days on live chat. I'm not with them any more but I still use there support sometimes if I have questions about my server lol.

I've done the same before - Asking about things not related to my HG service.

Some days I see 230 chat technicians available on live chat now.

[ldcdc]

Originally Posted by Ixape

Yes - This is what makes me wonder. One shared host can claim 1% - Data centres would use more - All adding up to above 100% :/

They're not just a "shared host". They haven't been one for quite a while now.

[MikeDVB]

Originally Posted by ldcdc

They're not just a "shared host". They haven't been one for quite a while now.

Either way, do you think 1% of total internet traffic is accurate? It sounds like a guess to me.