Just a few years ago, Web hosting involved a static Web site on a hosting server primarily for private or educational purposes. Today, the web hosting market is being driven by a profound development: Individuals and companies around the world are using hosting services to explore the commercial usefulness of the Web. Millions of companies are relying on hosting providers to access and provide Internet-based services and applications. By outsourcing hosting services, one can reduce expenses such as hardware costs, implementation and integration service fees as well as ongoing costs to concentrate on the few things they do best.

With approximately 4000 hosting providers worldwide and still growing, the web hosting market evolution which started from the simplicity of informational or marketing sites with relatively static content, has now offered hosting services that use database technologies to accomplish commerce or customer orientated business processes to reach users worldwide. How is this possible? Simply put, in the Internet Economy, the limitations of distance or space no longer apply. A hosting provider in Florida unreservedly can provide hosting services to users in Singapore or Belgium who wish to build a site to sell products online.

As you can see, web hosting is a core component of e-business. The World Wide Web cannot operate without web hosting, and with so many hosting providers filling the web space; one can easily be confused with which provider to sign up with

HostPulse.com's 100 Most Dynamic Web Hosting Companies for year 2002 is a report of 100 companies in the web hosting industry that demonstrate responsiveness to market demand and marketing expertise and building successful customer relationships. If you are searching for a hosting service, we recommend that you to look at these hosting services closely. A wise choice in the beginning will not only save you money, but will also save you a lot of your time and frustration.

These 100 dynamic companies also represent those organizations where IT professionals have looked at the market trends and customers issues or those who have developed specific customer beneficial programs and hosting features to produce the desired business results. Other key considerations include customer satisfactions, hosting features, speed, price, and reliability and hosting support. We don't just look into hosting support and customer service in a hosting company as the key factors to be considered. A company with good marketing strategy and reliable services could be chosen as well.

Application forms were sent out to these hosters before the 8th January 2002 to spread the good news and to get feedback quickly. A few replied promptly, and some other companies did provide additional details. We looked for hosting sites primarily in the U.S.A, Canada, Europe and Asia and ended up with just 55 sites after the first rigid round. What we were looking for on the first round was to pre select hosting sites that create value and operate their business models as partner rather than as vendors. In other words, we are looking for hosting companies attempting to enhance relationships with customers, rather than as a support department serving on restricted interaction. After much consideration and discussion, we cast our net further to find more hosting companies before giving you the 100 companies listed.

During the selections, we notice one immediate hurdle all web hosting companies have to overcome; to remain confident despite the challenges of last year and stay profitable without burning through people, capital, and other resources. For web users, signing up a hosting service has three costs: the price paid directly to have space for hosting, the indirect convenience cost to get support and the indirect time costs of getting a site configured correctly, using the hosting service and making sure the site is available as often as possible. It is the total cost to the customer that counts, the purchase price plus the support cost. Thus, during these slow times, hosting providers have to deliver the best total package of price and convenience to sell. This is not a problem faced just in the U.S. but virtually by hosting providers everywhere. However, some of the companies we have chosen are already enjoying the "viral effect" that leverages a first-mover advantage to stay competitive, which is good. Overall, the 100 most dynamic web hosting companies we have decided have done a pretty good job in response to the current market conditions. We hope you find this report useful in helping you to choose and decide a better hosting company before sign up with one.

This is our first report of web hosting services worldwide and we gladly welcome your feedback. However, please do not ask us again on how we selected the 100 companies, as we have already explained this above.

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Please take note that there are over 500 hosting companies in our database and we only select companies from our database. We are not able to communicate with companies who do not provide contact details. We trimmed down the numbers from hundreds to one hundred according to our own requirements. The task is not easy, but if you believe we have omitted a creditable hosting company, tell us why at manage@hostpulse.com. As a matter of policy, HostPulse.com does not endorse any product, service or company. The 100 Most Dynamic Web Hosting report is provided solely to assist you in your own best judgement. HostPulse.com's reports are subject to change at any time. Neither any company has paid to be selected as part of the 100 most dynamic web hosting companies or we will accept any payment for inclusion. You may verify this with any of the 100 hosting companies. 

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