The virtualization technologies are old enough in computer science and there were virtual server technologies as well as VPS hosting solutions on the market for more than a decade. But the consumer interest over Virtual Servers begun only 3 years ago in 2005.

The data, VPS Host Dir obtained from Google and other public sources, shows that the firs major increase of consumer interest on "VPS Hosting" search term dates back to the 3rd quarter of 2005. The stable trend that shows increasing consumer interest on vps hosting services started in the beginning of 2006.

The interest on search term "virtualization" has also begun increasing in the second quarter of 2004. Up to date it has an average monthly search volume of 201,000 searches. October 2008 data shows 245,000.

The average searches of "VPS Hosting" are 18,000 per month.