GoDaddy.com(R) Now #1 Shared Hosting Provider

GoDaddy.com(R) Now #1 Shared Hosting Provider

#1 Domain Registrar Worldwide Hosts More Sites Than Any Other U.S. Hosting Company

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy.com(R), the No. 1 registrar of domain names worldwide, today announced it is now the largest shared hosting provider in North America, according to Netcraft(R) Ltd. (www.netcraft.com), a globally respected authority since 1995 on the market share of web servers, operating systems, hosting providers, ISPs, encrypted transactions, electronic commerce, scripting languages and content technologies on the Internet.

"Go Daddy(R) has grown very quickly, against some fierce competition and now hosts the largest number of active sites of any hosting company in the United States," said Mike Prettejohn, Director of Netcraft.

Since entering the hosting market in late 2000, Go Daddy(R) has continuously augmented its hosting offering, with ever-increasing bandwidth and disk space, additional features and lower prices. Most recently, Go Daddy(R) expanded its hosting offerings even further, by entering the dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting markets.

"It's exciting to know that the customers who made us No. 1 in domains have stayed with us for their hosting needs," said Bob Parsons, president and founder of Go Daddy(R). "Our shared hosting plans have grown in popularity throughout the years, and continue to grow, because they are affordable, feature-rich solutions backed by world-class support that serve the needs of individuals and businesses," Parsons added.

All Go Daddy hosting packages are supported by world-class data centers which include multiple OC-48, OC-12 and OC-3 connections, a fast gigabit Ethernet backbone, and multiple diverse upstream providers totaling 4 Gbps of Tier-1 Internet bandwidth. Additionally, all hosting plans are supported by best-of-breed router, firewall and server equipment, full network redundancy, enterprise-class backup and restore technology (daily incremental and weekly full backups), 24 x7 monitoring and security, and much more. For more information, visit www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/landing.asp.

About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

The Go Daddy Group is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar both in terms of new registrations and domains under management. The Go Daddy Group enables individuals and businesses to acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities and brands on the Internet by offering a complete line of web development tools, including domain name registration, hosting, email systems, SSL certificates and complementary products and services. The Go Daddy Group includes three ICANN-accredited domain name registrars: flagship registrar GoDaddy.com(R) (www.GoDaddy.com), membership-based registrar Blue Razor(TM) Domains, Inc. (www.bluerazor.com), and reseller registrar Wild West Domains(R), Inc. (www.wildwestdomains.com). The Go Daddy Group also offers private domain name registration services through Domains By Proxy(R), Inc. (www.domainsbyproxy.com), as well as SSL Certificates through its SSL Certificate Authority, Starfield Technologies(R), Inc. (www.starfieldtech.com). The Go Daddy Group registers a new domain name every 6 seconds.

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Source: GoDaddy.com

CONTACT: Nick Fuller, Communications Manager of GoDaddy.com,
+1-480-505-8800, ext. 4435, nfuller@godaddy.com

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