Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 28, 2008 - Go Daddy has extended its contract with its star racing car driver representative and IndyCar’s most popular driver, Danica Patrick.

Hours before the legendary Indianapolis 500.race, GoDaddy.com announced that Ms. Patrick will represent the company through 2009 and as part of the deal, Danica’s IndyCar will sport an even bigger GoDaddy.com logo at Indy.

The company renewed its commitment with Andretti Green Racing and the sports celebrity well before the deadline, saying there was never any doubt about what Danica does for GoDaddy.com.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com noted, ”No other celebrity brings it all to the table like Danica. She’s a class act. She’s a winner. She’s fast. She’s focused. She’s smart. Danica personifies all the things GoDaddy.com is about.”

GoDaddy.com is known for being the top choice in domain names and is nearly three times the size of its closest competitor. GoDaddy.com also is one of the world’s top companies for web hosting and SSL Certificates, which provide online security. GoDaddy.com has a reputation in advertising too, known for its racy Super Bowl commercials - two of which have featured Danica Patrick.

The Go Daddy spokesperson has been a global media sensation since winning the Indy Japan 300 last month, but Parsons recognized Danica Patrick’s star power even before signing her in 2006. Ms. Patrick explained, ”Bob Parsons and Go Daddy have been there for me for years and I think it’s safe to say we are all very excited to deepen the relationship.”

Ms. Patrick starts this year’s Indy 500 in the fifth position (second row middle) and has been named as one of the drivers in contention for the checkered flag at Sunday’s big race. She made history at Indy back in 2005 when she led the race for 19 laps and was voted the league’s Rookie of the Year that same year.

2008 has also been a big year for Ms. Patrick off the track. She is Nickelodeon’s 2008 Kids’ Choice Award Winner for Favorite Female Athlete and also landed on Maxim magazine’s "Hot 100" list for the second consecutive year. She also posed for the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated and was featured on the magazine’s cover just this month.

Millions are expected to tune in to watch Danica in Sunday’s race. GoDaddy.com is proud to be the presenting sponsor for the Indianapolis 500 broadcast on ABC TV again this year. As part of the deal, GoDaddy.com will have its iconic branding on everything from broadcast segments to aerial and in-car views.

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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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - February 5, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy’s 2008 Super Bowl television campaign ad, reportedly was viewed by over one million video views, as tracked to GoDaddy.com on Sunday, before the game’s conclusion.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder at Go Daddy noted, ”I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Danica’s Exposure is probably our funniest ad ever. It is definitely our most effective ad in terms of immediate results.”

According to GoDaddy, it is believed to be one of the largest spikes in Super Bowl advertising history. Super Bowl viewers went online to see Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick’s ”Exposure” ad almost on cue. They were directed to do so by Go Daddy’s televised ad, which aired at the beginning of the second-quarter. The long-awaited ”Exposure” commercial featured animatronics beavers in a spoof of the paparazzi and certain female celebrities.

Go Daddy originally intended ”Exposure” to be its Super Bowl ad, but Fox rejected it, insisting the word ”beaver” be removed. Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons refused, saying instead, he would make lemonade out of lemons.

Go Daddy Productions went to work to create ”Spot On,” which was approved for broadcast. It invited viewers to go to GoDaddy.com to see the rejected commercial and was essentially an ad for an ad, which was a first for Super Bowl commercials. ”Spot On” contained a ”Viewer Discretion” advisory - also thought to be a Super Bowl advertising first.

Comments varied widely, but no one can argue the commercial’s effectiveness for generating online traffic. As the post-game celebrations were being broadcast, GoDaddy.com was already reporting more than 1.5 million visits to its site. Those numbers continue to climb rapidly.

The final ad had finally been approved, after ten submissions, including five concepts, three of which Go Daddy actually produced, and a number of revisions.
Mr. Parsons continued, ”We’re thrilled - think about it, it was one of the greatest Super Bowl games ever played and yet fans still took time to come to our site during the game.”

Traffic stats were expected to surge again on Monday, Feb. 4. In past years, the Monday following the game has yielded traffic spikes as fans talk about the ads, and then go online to see them for the first time, or to enjoy them again with colleagues and friends.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - January 25, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy’s 2008 Super Bowl television campaign ad, has been approved, after ten submissions, including five concepts, three of which Go Daddy actually produced, and a number of revisions.

The Fox television network has approved ”Spot On” to air during this year’s Super Bowl broadcast. Several character actors are in the commercial, which also includes a key appearance by Indy race car driver and Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick.

Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy noted, ”I think Exposure is the funniest commercial we’ve ever made. It’s hilarious. We are going to have to make lemonade out of lemons on this one. It’s risky, but we’ve changed our whole marketing plan so we can leverage something out of this smokin’ hot spot.”

According to Go Daddy, CEO and Founder Bob Parsons is disappointed the network won’t approve another commercial featuring Patrick, but neither Fox, nor Mr. Parsons, will compromise. In the ad, titled ”Exposure,” Parsons refused to capitulate to Fox’s request for the word ”beaver” to be removed. The word ”beaver” is used to reference Animatronics beavers filmed in the ad.

Since Go Daddy can’t broadcast ”Exposure,” Mr. Parsons has decided, instead, to use the thirty-second approved Super Bowl commercial slot to tell people how to see the ad intended for the big game on www.godaddy.com.

Go Daddy is no stranger to difficult approval processes and has a notorious history with the Fox television network. The network pulled Go Daddy’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial after approving it in writing. The commercial was a parody on censorship. It aired once during the 2005 broadcast, but Fox yanked it before its second airing, triggering an avalanche of controversy. Ironically, a college marketing textbook featuring the legendary Go Daddy commercial notes how Fox is actually known for its irreverent programming.

Mr. Parsons added, ”Ever since the so-called wardrobe malfunction, Super Bowl ads have lost a certain edge. We want ours to be GoDaddy-esque. That means it’s funny, edgy and just a touch inappropriate… but nothing more outrageous than you might see on any given day at any shopping mall in America.”

Some critics have panned the risqué advertising style, but Go Daddy’s Super Bowl commercials have translated into big market growth each and every year. Following the 2005 Super Bowl commercial, Go Daddy grew its industry market share of new domain names from 16 percent to 25 percent, making it the largest registrar in the world. The following year, new market share surged to 32 percent and last year’s commercial helped boost Go Daddy’s industry edge to its current 42 percent mark.

The often maligned GoDaddy-esque ad from last year’s Super Bowl not only generated big business, it also stuck in viewers’. In fact, IAG Research recently ranked Go Daddy’s 2007 ad as the Most Recalled commercial for the entire year.

This year’s ad, like Go Daddy’s controversial 2005 wardrobe malfunction” spot, spoofs a certain pop culture celebrity phenomenon. ”Exposure” will be available at www.goDaddy.com/superbowl08 when the company’s approved commercial airs game day, February 3.

Danica Patrick remarked, ”The Exposure commercial is hot, it’s funny and I just can’t wait for the whole world to see it.”

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about this year’s submissions and rejections timeline, please visit: www.godaddy.com/timeline08.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - January 21, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy’s WebSite Tonight, has been expanded with more dynamic content, along with a new RSS utility within its site builder application, designed to automatically provide new material to websites.

The newest version of WebSite Tonight allows site creators to incorporate RSS feeds into their pages in minutes, without any programming skills or extra software. These feeds, which can include news, weather, sports, stock prices or even blogs, constantly update the page contents. Although GoDaddy.com provides dozens of feeds for customers to include in their site, customers have the option to add their own.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com noted, ”A great web site needs to stand out from the crowd. It can’t be stale or dull. With the addition of dynamic content, WebSite Tonight now lets our customers keep their pages up-to-the-minute, which will make visitors want to come back to see what’s new.”

WebSite Tonight is a quick and easy tool for building professional-looking Web sites. It offers more than 670 template options, 30 flash introductions, easy form editing and more than 1,700 premium images. With the simplicity of point-and-click design, the user can get a site online in minutes. WebSite Tonight plans include GoDaddy.com hosting with a 99.9% uptime guarantee, generous disk space, abundant bandwidth and up to 400 email accounts at no additional charge.

GoDaddy recently ran a contest inviting all of its over 4.7 million customers, to participate by contributing a compelling story about why they should be chosen for a Custom Web Site. Three winners were formally announced for the Go Daddy Custom Web Site Contest. Gail Udell, Nick Barr and Heather Zook won the privilege of having the Go Daddy Custom Web Site team build, hone and spruce their Internet sites. Each winner receives a Go Daddy Custom Web Site, which includes a 20-page Custom Page Layout design, a one-on-one design consultation and one full year of hosting on the Go Daddy Premium Custom Web Site Service. The winners’ newly-designed web sites, will be presented at GoDaddyConnections.com beginning in early March.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about the WebSite Tonight, please visit: www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/hosting_build_website.asp.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - January 7, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has reported that the company is experiencing increased growth for its Secure Certificates. In the past twelve months, Go Daddy’s SSL market share has increased 63 percent.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy remarked, ”Business owners are always looking for a great deal. Our certificates provide the identical functionality our higher-priced competitors offer. The big difference is we sell them at a fraction of the cost AND we back them up with world-class support.”

While the bulk of the growth is due to businesses, there are others who have taken advantage of Go Daddy’s Secure Certificates. Additional users include Web site login forms, online banking institutions and charity donation Web sites. In fact, there are countless ways to use an SSL Certificate to make data transactions of any kind secure on web sites.

Go Daddy is currently ranked second in market share of Certificates issued at 16.4 percent, according to Netcraft LTD. Go Daddy is the leader for Web sites hosted with SSL Certificates as well. Not bad when you consider Go Daddy started providing Secure Certificates in May 2004.

Mike Prettejohn, Director of analyst firm Netcraft Ltd. noted, ”Go Daddy had the largest increase in SSL certificates found by Netcraft on Internet Web sites of any of the certificate authorities during 2007.”

Mr. Parsons added, ”Go Daddy is growing at a rapid pace…the right way, organically. We have always been about helping customers one at a time and providing a reliable one-stop shop for people who want to be online.”

Additionally, Microsoft selected Go Daddy to provide the Secure Certificates for Windows Home Server, a new solution to help people protect, organize and share their digital content.

Steven VanRoekel, Senior Director of Windows Server Solutions at Microsoft commented, ”We selected Go Daddy to be our partner for a number of reasons. Most notably, the quality of product and a reliable customer experience. We are confident Go Daddy will help our customers realize the full benefits of Windows Home Server.”

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.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about Go Daddy SSL Certificates, please visit: www.godaddy.com/ssl.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - January 2, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has reported that its financial success has enabled the company to donate record amounts to charities and to company employees, with its $1.4 million philanthropy.

The Scottsdale-based company helped organizations dedicated to a variety of causes, including domestic violence, child abuse, blind children, unwed mothers, homelessness, as well as Parkinson’s disease, Juvenile Diabetes, food banks and animal shelters.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy noted, ”It’s important to us to make a difference in our community and all over the world.” Mr. Parsons is known for his ’surprise’ contributions, as with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF). At the JDRF Desert Southwest Chapter’s kick-off luncheon in September, Parsons was expected to announce the company’s $100,000 donation, but after listening to stories of families affected by the disease, he surprised everyone by standing up and pledging twice the amount.

Mr. Parsons also doubled his donation to needy children in Tucson, Arizona this month. He did it in style too, while riding his Harley-Davidson as the Grand Marshall for the Sun Riders 26th Annual Motorcycle Toy Parade benefiting Aviva Children’s Services. Go Daddy’s own employees have also benefited from the company’s most successful year ever. More than $1 million was awarded to employees in 2007. Employee prizes included cash, cars, a year’s mortgage paid, a four-year college scholarship and a trip around the world that included 20-paid vacation days and $10,000 spending money.

Mr. Parsons added, ”We learned a long time ago, happy employees are productive employees. We hold fun contests all throughout the whole year.” Go Daddy rented out Chase Field for their holiday party, hired the Gin Blossoms to entertain and gave away gifts to each and every employee. The event was hailed as ”the party to end all parties” at a time when most companies are scaling back. To learn more about Go Daddy visit, www.GoDaddy.com.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

For more information about GoDaddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - December 17, 2007 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has been honored by The Business Journal, through its ranking as one of the Valley’s ”Best Places to Work,” with a number 19 placement among large Valley companies.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com noted, ”I learned a long time ago that happy employees are the key to success. Our strategy is to make Go Daddy a fun place to work and that’s why we reward our teams with great prizes in the contests we hold weekly, monthly and sometimes daily.”

”The Best Places to Work” ranking has been achieved by GoDaddy for the past four years. It is based on employee surveys which measure retention rate, manager effectiveness, team effectiveness, employee alignment with company goals, trust in senior leadership and trust in fellow coworkers, among other performance categories. The data is compiled by Quantum Market Research and finalists are put into categories based on company size.

GoDaddy.com employs more than 1850 people, most right here in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Its employees have unrivaled knowledge of the Internet, e-business and software development. The company prides itself on its competitive salaries and extraordinary perks, such as this year’s prize for an all-expense paid vacation for two around the world, complete with extra time off and spending money.

Last year, Mr. Parsons shelled out close to $1 Million to employees in gifts and prizes. As one of the Valley’s major employers, Parsons may be best known for his innovation and generosity, which is demonstrated by the actual contest prizes, like paying an employee’s mortgage for an entire year, and giving away cars, motorcycles and exotic vacations. It’s a distinction that has earned GoDaddy.com national recognition for having great ‘employee perks.’

Kim Cilke, Human Resources Vice-President of GoDaddy.com added, ”Our CEO almost always gives away MORE than we plan at company events, but the best part is he foots the tax bill for all the prizes on top of everything else.”

Over the years, GoDaddy.com has received many accolades as a top employer, including four consecutive years on the Best Places list and recognition from the CNN Money list of Best Perks. GoDaddy.com was also named the 2007 Arizona Business Leader of the Year and won this year’s ACE Award for Most Innovative Company, which like CNN, noted Go Daddy’s unique employee incentives.

Go Daddy is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and also has offices in Phoenix, Mesa, Gilbert, Tempe, as well as Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Denver, Colorado. The company is currently looking for highly-talented, motivated professionals to join its dynamic team.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about Go Daddy’s wide variety of job opportunities, please visit www.godaddyjobs.com.

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Mountain View, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - December 11, 2007 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has partnered with job search engine, Simply Hired, whereby Go Daddy will offer its hosting customers the opportunity to monetize web sites, while integrating content into hosting platforms.

Michael Chadwick, Vice-President of Technology at Simply Hired explained, ”When Simply Hired approached us about offering their free Job-a-matic product to our hosting customers, it was an easy decision. Go Daddy provides a one-stop shop for individuals and businesses to easily establish an online presence. Using Go Daddy Hosting Connection, our customers can take their site to the next level by monetizing it and quickly adding relevant job content.”

The Simply Hired Job-a-matic product allows Go Daddy hosting customers to instantly add a free job board to their site and to utilize a suite of tools to easily customize and monetize their site while providing users with a seamless experience. Another feature of the Job-a-matic product is the quality backfill of relevant jobs coming from the Simply Hired database of more than six million jobs, so the job board will always look full.

Gautam Godhwani, Co-Founder and CEO of Simply Hired remarked, ”We view Go Daddy as a significant distribution channel for our Job-a-matic product, complementing our existing network of more than 3,000 publishers. By coupling our easy-to-use technology and extensive job database with Go Daddy’s flagship brand and massive customer base we are set up to enjoy a very successful and long term relationship and we are pleased to see the positive feedback we are already receiving from Go Daddy customers.”

Ozgur Cem Sen, of Starving Engineers added, ”We recently published a technical site for engineers and incorporated Job-a-matic into the content of our site after coming across it on GoDaddy.com. The Simply Hired job board technology makes our site look very neat, elegant and most importantly simple and it will provide more value within the context of our site.”

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about Go Daddy’s web hosting, please visit: www.godaddy.com/webhosting.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 13, 2007 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has formed an alliance with search engine firm, Google, to offer its customers new webmaster management tools, integrated to facilitate better rankings with the search engine.

GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons explained, ”When Google approached us about incorporating their product into our hosting accounts, it was an easy decision. Our customers are always looking for simple ways to make their sites easier to find and attract new visitors. Thanks to these easy-to-use tools, customers can quickly tap this valuable Webmaster resource without having to be technical wizards.”

GoDaddy.com is working with Google Inc. as the pilot partner for a new effort to seamlessly integrate the GoogleWebmaster Tools into customers’ web hosting accounts. With Google Webmaster Tools, Go Daddy users are now able to see how Google views their site, diagnose problems and share information with Google in order to improve their site’s visibility in search results. This service, combined with Go Daddy’s Sitemap Editor, provides a free and easy way for web site owners to manage and improve traffic to their site.

Go Daddy hosting customers may verify web sites for use with Google Webmaster Tools. Once set up, Go Daddy will automatically submit sitemaps to Google on behalf of its customers. Sitemaps inform Google about new Web pages or updates to a customer’s site and help to increase their coverage of web pages in Google’s index.

Bill Brougher, Group Product Manager at Google added, ”Go Daddy is a leading innovator in the web hosting space and, through our partnership, we hope to educate more webmasters on how to effectively make their site more search engine-friendly. Google Webmaster Tools was designed as a useful resource for site owners to get up-to-date information on how their site is performing. This partnership ultimately helps Google to improve the web by increasing the comprehensiveness and freshness of the content people seek.”

All Go Daddy hosting accounts feature unparalleled 24×7 Customer Support, world-class data centers and a guaranteed uptime of 99.9%. In addition, customers can take advantage of Go Daddy Hosting Connection, which allows customers to install a variety of applications and provide comments about their experiences for other potential users to see.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about Go Daddy’s web hosting, please visit: www.godaddy.com/webhosting.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 8, 2007 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, will debut the release of a new ESPN commercial, for its newest spokesperson, Amanda Beard, as she stars in her first TV appearance, scheduled for this weekend.

GoDaddy’s latest celebrity spokesperson swims in one of the new Go Daddy ads, set to debut during the ESPN2 Saturday Night College Football Primetime presented by GoDaddy.com.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy remarked, ”Amanda is absolutely smokin’ - anyone can see that. What you get in the new commercials is her subtle, yet edgy sense of humor. Amanda is 100 percent GoDaddy-esque.” Mr. Parsons is referring to Ms. Beard’s performance in the ad titled Shock.

Ms. Beard commented, ”I knew I made the right move joining Go Daddy the day I met Bob Parsons. He and GoDaddy.com are all about being the very best, having passion and FUN.”

Go Daddy Productions filmed three thirty-second commercials with Ms. Beard last month in Los Angeles. Another element to the Shock commercial features a cameo appearance from swimming icon Mark Spitz, who wowed the world in the early 70s as the first-ever athlete to ”win gold” seven times. Mr. Spitz commented, ”Amanda is beautiful, edgy and smart, plus she knows how to push the envelope to success. She’s an exceptional fit for GoDaddy.com. Hey, I should know. My own web site is registered through Go Daddy.”

Go Daddy has leveraged its new spokespeople to help communicate its highly successful line of Internet products, such as Web hosting, domain names and SSL certificates. Ms. Beard’s new colleagues include Candice Michelle, the original Go Daddy Girl, WWE wrestler and fellow Playboy cover model, along with IndyCar’s most popular driver Danica Patrick and world land speed record holder and motorcycle drag racer Valerie Thompson. All-Pro wide receiver Chad Johnson is the only male on Go Daddy’s celebrity spokesperson team. From the sounds of it though, Mark Spitz, now a self-described entrepreneur, would like to join the Go Daddy Group.

Recently, GoDaddy debuted a new virtual community, designed to assist business owners, by providing an online networking resource. ”Go Daddy Connections” is an interactive resource designed to provide a virtual community for social and business networking. Go Daddy Connections will connect Go Daddy’s 4.6 million customers with topics, articles and forums, in order to promote the valuable exchange of helpful information, feedback and ideas to foster business leverage.

By the end of the year, according to research firm IDC, roughly 69 percent of small businesses, or 4.5 million firms, will have an online presence. That’s an increase of more than a quarter million over last year and you can expect many of these owners will look for ways to get more return on investment with their online presence.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about the new GoDaddy.com commercial, please visit: www.godaddy.com/amandabeard.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 2, 2007 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has reported a substantial growth in .US registrations, the Country Code domain name for the United States, accounting for over 53% of all .US registrations in August, in addition to similar statistics in September and October.

According to Go Daddy, it has been the dominant .US registrar for every month of the last two years. Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of The Go Daddy Group, Inc. stated, ”Go Daddy has put a lot of effort into raising awareness for the extension and the results are quite clear - our customers have been snatching up available .US domain names at an eye popping rate.”

Mr. Parsons is referring to a statistic, charting the days between August 1 and September 30, when Go Daddy increased the number of .US registrations by 47% compared to the previous time period last year. According to RegistrarStats.com, GoDaddy.com, the flagship registrar of The Go Daddy Group, is credited in maintaining 34% of all .US domain name registrations, far exceeding the next closest registrar.

Jay Westerdal, CEO of Name Intelligence, an industry analyst remarked, ”GoDaddy.com clearly triggered a historic gain in the number of .US domain name registrations. It’s not by luck they are the largest .US registrar. They aggressively promote the .US extension and it shows through their sheer number of registrations.”

With each registration, GoDaddy.com customers receive a bevy of products and services for no additional fee. These products include a free email account, a free starter Web site, a free online photo sharing Web site and much more. Go Daddy’s products are backed by unparalleled 24×7 customer support. GoDaddy.com, one of the most reliable hosting companies according to Netcraft, Inc., is routinely selected as Users Choice or Best Registrar in surveys conducted by various online publications.

In addition to being a driving force behind the .US domain extension, Go Daddy is an avid watchdog of industry issues. Go Daddy has testified before the United States Congress many times, ranging from the future of Internet management to protecting children online. One of Go Daddy’s priority missions is to keep the Internet safe for everyone.

Recently, GoDaddy also expanced its auction lineup to include premium domain names, making them available to bidders in the upcoming Go Daddy Signature Auction, scheduled to take place from November 6-8. GoDaddy explains that it is an opportunity to obtain a catchy domain name already registered by someone else. The company has indicated that interest in the event is keen and the sheer number of names ‘up for bid’ auction grew rapidly in recent days.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about the names available, please visit: www.godaddysignatureauctions.com.

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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - October 26, 2007 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, has expanded its auction lineup to include premium domain names, making them available to bidders in the upcoming Go Daddy Signature Auction, scheduled to take place from November 6-8.

GoDaddy explains that it is an opportunity to obtain a catchy domain name already registered by someone else. The company has indicated that interest in the event is keen and the sheer number of names ‘up for bid’ auction grew rapidly in recent days.

Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy.com noted, ”We have some impressive domain names in this auction. We were inundated with submissions for listings, but selected only the most memorable and coveted. We also worked to provide a good variety of names for a wide range of price points.”

A few of the 30 domain names available at the Go Daddy Signature Auction include:

• Bob.com
• TravelUpdate.com
• SportUtility.com
• YB.com
• CollegeFootball.mobi

The fast-paced online auction is open to the public. The domain names will be put up for auction one at a time. There is no time limit to each auction. Once the bidding stops, the auction ends. A moderator will be on hand in a live-chat setting to answer questions potential bidders may have. If you are unable to participate in the auction for the domain name you desire, you can place a sealed proxy-bid, which automatically bids for you until your pre-set limit is reached. All winning transactions will be handled through Escrow.com. This allows security and peace-of-mind for both parties.

Financing is available through Domain Capital if you are interested in obtaining a domain name, but do not have the appropriate budget immediately available. It is highly recommended bidders pre-qualify at www.domaincapital.com before the event.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

To learn more about the names available, please visit: www.godaddysignatureauctions.com.

For more information about Go Daddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.