Internet Growth in 2005 Sets Record 108
miller60 writes "Netcraft's Web Server Survey reports that a large gain in web sites in October makes 2005 the strongest year ever for Internet growth. The web has added 17.5 million sites so far this year, eclipsing the previous annual best of 16 million during the dot-com boom in 2000. And that's with two months left in the year. Is this growth for real? Web hosts targeting the small business market (like Yahoo Small Business and Go Daddy) report that business is booming, suggesting that web-wary local businesses are finally going online. But some of the the growth is likely due to domain name business models, with speculators buying large numbers of domain and placing advertising on them."
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Re:Not so impressive (Score:3, Funny)
Great, now you've posted the word "viagra" on slashdot. Now google will come up with 12,800,001 hits for viagra. Thanks a lot.
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My God man! Why aren't you charging people for this brilliant research?
Look what else Google tells us:
- 149 people got bitten by a vampire [google.com]
- 20,900 people smell good [google.com]
- There are 4,730,000 websites dedicated to pickes [google.com]
You had better patent this research method before someone else beats you to it. But behold - I think 279 [google.com] people have already done this!
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One analyst commented "The price of stocks are swelling rapidly. It's a wonder the engorged industry hasn't peaked. I've been waiting for things to deflate, but they just keep rising, straight as an arrow."
Speculating Spelling mistakes ... (Score:2, Funny)
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