What Do We Know About the Internet?        Current Rating:  0%                                                     Total Members Rated:  0                                                                      A database of information about more than 120 million Internet domain names can be truly surprising and provide unexpected insights. Within minutes of beginning to absorb the information, I noticed that a huge number of domains—two million!—exist at a single IP address. That’s 2% of the Internet’s domains in one location! I had no idea the distribution of the Internet was so uneven. I was shocked as I continued my research and found out that, according to a recent list compiled of the top hosting companies in the world, GoDaddy Ltd., based in Scottsdale, Arizona, hosts some 20 million domain names. Their closest competitor, PlusLine Systemhas GmbH, only serves two million. This means GoDaddy Ltd. possesses a relatively enormous portion of the available Internet domains. In terms of zones, I found, this pattern of extreme unevenness persists. Whereas 86 million domains are .coms, only 13 million are .nets, 8 million are .orgs, with .infos making up a measly 5.4 million. All other .somethings have less than 10% of this number of domains. With all this in mind, I checked out some network statistics and found a similar pattern. The class ‘A’ network (68.X.X.X) has the most domains with 15 million, while the network (64.X.X.X) with the next highest number has less than five million. This trend toward an Internet that is densely concentrated in small areas seems to be, more than anything, a safety concern. How difficult would it be for an enemy to seize control of what has become such a necessary cornerstone of our lives? However, my research into the languages used by domains raised another issue. I found that a staggering 71.5% of all websites are in English. After websites in Chinese websites, which rank at 6.9%, Spanish, French and Japanese websites all rank in at less than 4% each. These figures do not accurately reflect the populations that speak these respective languages. Perhaps it is time to start asking important questions. For whom is the Internet? To whom does it belong? Are we protecting it properly? Do we have reason to? Check out http://www.webboar.com, where you can find daily updates on the statistics I’ve cited. The world will keep changing, with or without you.                            Rate This Article:   0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%   Author is Offline   Author: Ievgen Blagodarnyi         Comments Posted Label Subject Author Status Date   Post Comment Related Articles N-Tier in ASP.NET or other .NET apps Make your web site ‘perfect and Search Engine Friendly for Google and Yahoo Color combination of your Web site An appealing design for your Web site Attract your Web site visitors!