The dot-com bubble has burst, corporate spending is in a holding pattern and enterprises are deferring e-business infrastructure technology and services purchasing. As a result, revenue growth in the U.S.Web hosting market has definitely slowed.

The primary factor behind the Web hosting company slowdown is the state of the economy, IDC said. In 2000 there were many components helping to drive growth in Web hosting including a robust U.S. economy, a vigorous IT industry and the Internet. All of that changed in 2001 but nevertheless, enterprises are only just beginning to leverage the full potential of Web hosting based opportunities and the market will continue to grow.

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"IDC said" - it sounds like this is an excerpt from an article. If you're going to retype someone elses work, please include a link to the source of the article.

As for the slowdown - there WAS a slowdown for many, but I don't think that very many are experiencing a slowdown these days.

As for the dot-com bubble bursting, the HYPE of the dot.com is over. People investing millions into an IDEA without anything to back it up is pretty much behind us, however the dot.com world is still very much alive and kicking. Businesses have come to realize that if they're not on the web with their store, they're not reaching their full potential or market.

We deal with many small and medium sized businesses just getting their feet wet in the internet with online stores and social sites. The money is definitely still there. And as for corporate, there used to be a lot of red tape, but it seems they are becoming a little more free with their money again as their businesses are flourishing on the web.

I'd be interested to know what year the quote from the article was published. I'm guessing 2007-2008 (only because of the reference to the US Economy), but it sounds like it's worded in the doom & gloom of 2004-2006.

I think you hit it on the head, Conor. We're very focused on providing solutions for small and medium sized businesses as well. You have to show value, but the money is there. Even businesses with no computers in-house (there are still some) realize they need an Internet presence.

The money is still there of course. The internet will always be of need and business to use it to make their income. I host plenty of small business who use the internet to make some more sales other than face-to-face sales. It's really a great way to boost your businesses income.

Businesses with no computers still exist that's for sure Steve. There are still so many small businesses operating on their ISP's hosting space too. We were contacted the other week by a guy runnig an HTML site that hasn't been updated since 1998, operating on an ISP hosting account by Earthlink Needless to say, I'm glad he's moving forward to the web with a reservation system and database. At the same time, he said he didn't want to become too well known as he works crazy hours as it is and doesn't want too many people to know about him, but still allow existing customers to make reservations with him online (a heating and air conditioning company).

It's so nice to see people still operating "business as usual" for such a long time, and like he said, he just wants a business presence online and not much more. Paying an absurd amount for hosting ($20/month for 10MB of space), so we'll be happy to get that rate down a little lower for him too!

Money is out there if people look, but it does take a little effort to get them in the door at times, but that's what sales is all about

Times may change technology may change but in order for a business to stay alive a form of advertisement most be done. It started from word to word then ads on newspapers on highways in the street. Not the internet world has taken over for more then a decade and it's still proves to be the number 1 method of getting information across the world in a matter of seconds. Heck maybe in the future we can read it with our minds !!! Haha but things may have slowed down for some, not all!

I've literally walked into thousands of businesses (door to door sales) in Metro Saint Louis and was always amazed by how many of them had no online presence, nor wanted one. I haven't been on the street (door to door) in a couple of years, but I suspect those businesses without an online presence are dwindling. It just makes good business sense to have a presence where your prospects are, and that's online.

i would think that now with so many people getting made redundant that more people would be looking to start their own businesses, wouldn't surprise me if the web hosting business pick up

Though if too many people do it, the industry will be saturated and small web hosting businesses may suffer.

By the way, the OP lifted his post from an article written in 2002 and started threads in multiple forums, linking different keywords to his site for self promotion.

Good eyes.

I will close it for the reason of the news story not being relevant today.