• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Web Hosting Resource Kit

Web Hosting, Web Hosting Reviews & Virtualization

  • Contact
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy

This post may contain affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission. Thanks.

Web Hosting in 2009

January 30, 2009 By Christoph Puetz Leave a Comment

  • Tweet
  • Sumo
  • Tweet

Will there be any major changes in Web Hosting in 2009? 2009 will be a difficult year for many web hosts. The economic hard times will not spare the web hosting industry and consolidation will be a result out of that. Smaller web hosts might be able to survive by trimming costs or by occupying certain niches that are too time consuming for the bigger hosts to pursue. Other web hosts will be forced to sell assets or to shutdown if they are not able to adapt to the new environment out there. Larger web hosts with enough cash flow will be able to grab those web hosting companies that are up for sale and increase their own market share accordingly. Interesting times ahead for sure.

From a consumer standpoint two things might happen. 1) Nothing happens if you are with a bigger web host. Things will be normal and your domain is just cruising along with the wind. 2) Your website is hosted with a smaller web host and the scenarios above might apply. The first thing you should do is to increase your backups to an offsite location (local hard drive or remove FTP site with a different web host). You should also keep an eye on things happening at your web host. If they have a newsletter it might be worth reading it in more detail to discover problems early and to act accordingly. If you are afraid of your web host losing the battle against the economy it might be worth moving your website early to a safe haven. How do you know if you are with a large or a small web host? Well, check their website or ask them. How many domains does your web host hosts? Do they own their own data center? Are they a reseller? The answers might tell you what to do. But keep in mind – not every small web host is at risk of shutting down. So, it is not the time to panic, but to be cautious and to be prepared.

Web Hosting will not go away and the products will grow to be stronger than ever.

Recommended Web Hosts that will most-likely survive this downturn:

  • Liquidweb
  • IX Web Hosting
  • Lunarpages
  • Hostgator

Related posts:

  1. Web Hosting for 2009
  2. The new Face of Web Hosting Resource Kit
  3. Web Hosting Resource Kit – Editor’s Opinion 11/2004
  4. Is Cheap Web Hosting an Option for your Website
  5. Web Hosting in a bad Economy

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Categories

  • Business Management
  • Editors Column
  • Hosting Customers
  • Interviews & PR
  • Marketing/Advertising
  • Online Marketing/SEO
  • VMWare
  • Web Host Startup
  • Web Hosting
  • Web Hosting Reviews

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Disclosure Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Terms of Service
  • Welcome to Web Hosting Resource Kit

Copyright Webhostingresourcekit.com© 2021 · Log in