Web Hosting Trends at Year-end: 2009

As the 2009 draws to a close it is only too natural to review the web hosting trends in 2009. The year 2009 worked as a very competitive one as more hosting providers fought with one another in a bid to offer attractive prices. Prices fell and consumers had a ball.

Among the top performers, Hostmonster got the most of subscribers mainly from the United States. This company has got the lowest cancellation rate and a fantastic customer support. It was even adjudged the best hosting provider of the year by AlreadyHosting.com

FatCow got attention for being the fastest growing hosting services provider. iPage, one of its sister sites started only in the month of October has set new records in the traffic and growth.

On the lowest price scale and cost-effective hosting model, WebHostingPad.com took the crown of cheapest hosting provider. For $1.99, it provides you unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space with a domain all yours.

On the side of premium service providers, HostGator remains the most-sought after leader in all these areas working on a no-contract basis. HostGator charges the customers on a monthly basis instead of the usual charges for one whole year.