100 Million Websites
CNN reports that Netcraft claims the Internet has passed the 100 million website milestone. Net publishing tools like blogging tools as well as small business growth have contributed to the rapid increase in websites.There may be a reason. Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, says a mammoth milestone was reached during the month of October.Netcraft says the Internet reached the 50 million milestone marker in 2004.
"There are now 100 million Web sites with domain names and content on them," said Netcraft's Rich Miller.
"Within that, there are some that are busy and updated more often, and that represents the active sites, which are at about 47 or 48 million," he said.
Bloggers, small businesses, and simplicity have combined to create the dramatic growth of sites, much of it just in the past two years.
"The bottom line is it's much easier to create a Web site nowadays, and it's much easier to make money with a Web site," said Miller.
Posted on November 3, 2006
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