Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - June 5, 2008 - GoDaddy’s SSL certificates, have been chosen by major technology suppliers, Dell, Imperva, OPNET and SmugMug.

Dell is an online commerce pioneer and a leader in computer systems and services. Imperva is a leader in application data security. OPNET is a leading provider of solutions for managing networks and applications. SmugMug is a leading photo-sharing site.

Go Daddy SSL Secure Certificates enable a server and a browser to establish a secure, encrypted connection to protect data during transmission. SSL certs are the standard when it comes to protecting important information including, credit card numbers, passwords and social security numbers.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy remarked, ”It’s great to see Dell, Opnet, SmugMug, Imperva and so many other big companies taking advantage of our SSL certificates. All of our customers get the same functionality, stringent vetting standards and reliability as any other cert in the industry. If you could get an identical product for a fraction of the price, why wouldn’t you do it?”

Andy Lark, Vice President of marketing and communications, and head of Dell.com remarked, ”As a company with a strong online presence, security is vital to our success. Privacy and security are an uncompromising commitment we make to millions of customers every day.”

Mark Kraynak, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at Imperva commented, ”The decision on which certificate provider we chose to use was simple. Go Daddy makes it easy. They have reliable customer support, an excellent product and the price is right.”

These industry heavyweights aren’t the only ones using Go Daddy’s SSL Certificates, smaller businesses see the value as well. In fact, in the latest Netcraft report, Go Daddy showed the largest growth in number of SSL certificates issued.

Mike Prettejohn, Director of Netcraft Ltd. added, ”For four months Go Daddy has continually led all other SSL providers in the number of new certificates issued and has shown the largest overall growth over the past 12 months.”

An SSL Certificate enables encryption of online transactions and communications. GoDaddy.com SSL Certificates are offered in three assurance validation levels: Standard, Deluxe and the new Premium with Extended Validation. All GoDaddy.com certificates offer up to 256-bit encryption.

Recently, Go Daddy’s Founder and CEO, Bob Parsons, is the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree. The University of Baltimore President Robert Bogomolny officially presented Parsons with an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters last week. Parsons was ”hooded” at this year’s commencement ceremony before a standing-room only crowd of about 5,600 people packed into the Lyric Opera Theatre. Present at the festivities, were Mr. Parsons’ mother, brother and sister.

Mr. Parsons served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony in which more than 375 Yale Gordon School of Liberal Arts and Merrick School of Business students graduated. He was interrupted with cheers and laughter more than a dozen times during his fifteen minute address. A Baltimore Sun writer called Parsons’ address ”one of the most rousing of this commencement season.” Others in attendance described it as ”inspiring” and ”refreshing.”

Mr. Parsons founded GoDaddy.com which registers web site addresses and is the world leader almost three times over. While he is a self-taught computer programmer honored for innovation and business savvy, he is perhaps best-known for his marketing genius made famous with his risque 2005 Super Bowl ad. Since that time the media has written extensively about his knack for pushing censorship issues and generating controversy with his advertising year after year.

Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

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