GoDaddy to Offer .ME Domains
Scottsdale, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – January 23, 2008 – Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, will make available to Internet users everywhere, registration services in connection with the new domain extension, .ME, for personal or business use later this year.
Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy noted, ”We’re excited about the phenomenal potential of .ME and our ability to market it to you, all web users, as well as other registrars and of course we’ll promote it in true GoDaddy-esque style. Couple .ME with our first-in-class customer support and the registry systems of Afilias and the possibilities are unlimited.”
GoDaddy.com, is one of three members of a power-packed joint venture chosen by the government of Montenegro to operate the new domain extension. In support of the new registry, GoDaddy.com, Afilias Global Registry Services and Me-Net have created a new organization called doMEn (the word for domain in Montenegrin) which will act as the operational body with strategic oversight for the domain extension.
Go Daddy will use its renowned marketing muscle to globally promote .ME, while Afilias will provide world-class registry technology, similar to what it uses to support other domains such as .INFO and .ORG.
The new registry alliance plans to invite all registrars, country code (CC) and top level domain (TLD) resellers to add .ME to their own list of offerings. However, the new .ME can be used by anyone – an affiliation with the country of Montenegro is not required. .ME translates to a wide range of catchy words throughout the world – including the obvious English translations, such as about me. Others include amar.me, which means love me in Spanish, and secondo.me, which is Italian for in my opinion. With such a wide array of translations and potential uses, the joint venture expects .ME to be hugely popular with users all over the globe.
Mr. Parsons added, ”To take full advantage of .ME, it needs to be properly promoted and properly managed. We have an unparalleled track record in promoting domain names and keeping customers happy. Afilias has an impeccable record when it comes to managing domain extensions. We offer the complete package to catapult .ME into the International mainstream.”
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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