GoDaddy News Posts

Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – July 21, 2009 – GoDaddy.com web hosting and domain registrar, is hiring technically skilled Spanish speakers to better serve its global customers currently.

At a news conference held at its Tempe, Ariz. facility today, Go Daddy Vice President of Customer Care Miguel Lopez announced 20 open positions in the Spanish language unit. Lopez is a native Spanish speaker himself, and oversees all Go Daddy’s Customer Care operations.

The newly formed team services Spanish speaking customers who want help setting up their online presence, with domain names, Web sites, e-commerce tools, blogs, photo albums or any of the 52 products Go Daddy offers.

Mr. Lopez explained, “We are looking for Spanish speakers with computer knowledge, but we also train our staff so they know our products and services inside and out. Since we began offering Spanish language assistance this year, we’ve seen a significant spike in business from Mexico and Spain. So few companies actually offer a phone number for top-notch customer service … clearly, there is a need for people to have access to friendly, knowledgeable service when it comes to getting up and running on the Internet.”

Go Daddy is one of a handful of Inc. 500/5000 companies in hiring mode these days. The Web giant employs more than 2,170 people, and serves more than 7 million customers worldwide.

In addition to the Spanish speaking positions, Go Daddy has 100 open jobs right now.

The Scottsdale-based company ranked on the Valley’s Best Places to Work list for the last five years running. Other distinguished honors and awards over recent years include Go Daddy being selected Most Innovative Company, Business Leader of the Year, Best Registrar, Best Employee Perks and Best Manufacturing and Technology company in the Valley.

Go Daddy offers outstanding health benefits, generous vacation time, competitive salaries, educational assistance and opportunities to advance.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – June 17, 2009 – Go Daddy has made available its newest offering – .MX domains extensions, available for pre-registration, as the country code top level domain (ccTLD) of Mexico.

The .MX domain was only offered to a few select institutions in the last two decades. Now, Mexico is offering the extension for use worldwide. Interest in .MX domain extensions is bound to be muy caliente! Consider this…According to Internet World Stats, the number of Spanish-speaking Internet users has grown 619 percent in the last eight years. Today, more than 130 million Spanish speakers use the Internet – making it one of the top three languages on the Web.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – June 10, 2009 – GoDaddy.com recently testified in front of a Congressional subcommittee about the critical need for a continued relationship between the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Go Daddy’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Christine N. Jones strongly urged the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet to renew, or at the very least extend, the Joint Partnership Agreement (JPA) between NTIA and ICANN. The JPA is currently scheduled to sunset September 30.

Ms. Jones testified, ”ICANN is responsible for an important public trust,” noting significant concerns about ICANN’s lack of transparency and accountability. ICANN was created 12 years ago to administer a globally acceptable Web address system. While Go Daddy acknowledges ICANN has made progress in achieving some of its original goals, the company feels there is much more to be accomplished before the U.S. Commerce Department recommends ICANN operate independent of NTIA oversight.

A majority of subcommittee members noted their shared concerns about allowing the JPA to sunset.

At one point during the hearing, Counsel Jones was asked by Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona about Go Daddy’s transparency concerns of ICANN. Ms. Jones noted the lack of open meetings held by the ICANN Board and accused ICANN of ‘’stonewalling” registrars who request board meeting transcripts. ICANN’s CEO Paul Twomey, Ph.D., disagreed with Ms. Jones’ assessment. His retort, however, did not appear to allay the subcommittee’s concerns.

The security of the Internet was also a high priority at this hearing, as it is for the current White House administration. President Obama is keenly aware of the extraordinary dangers a compromised Internet would cause to national defense and the world’s economy. Those concerns led to his announcement last week of a ”cyber-security czar” to help protect the nation’s crucial telecom infrastructure and information systems.

As the world’s largest domain name registrar and a leader globally in both web site hosting and eCommerce, Go Daddy worries about many of the same issues. The company believes strongly that, without NTIA oversight, ICANN may be vulnerable to ”capture by another government, international organization, or business that does not have a secure and stable Internet as its top priority,” declared Ms. Jones at the hearing.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – June 1, 2009 – Netcraft Ltd’s May 2009 Trends Report indicated that GoDaddy was responsible for 44 percent of the overall net growth in SSL certificates found by Netcraft this past month, showing the largest net growth 11 of the last 12 months.

The report states ‘VeriSign has again seen its market share decline and GoDaddy has seen another increase in both total certificates and market share this month.’

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy remarked, ”This should not surprise anyone. GoDaddy offers low cost SSL certificates and allows customers to purchase one cert to cover all of a company’s servers. Try getting that from VeriSign – it won’t happen.”

Mandy Davis, Operations Manager at analyst firm Netcraft Ltd. added, ”Our results show GoDaddy has seen steady and continuous growth in global market share as a certificate authority. GoDaddy’s SSL certificate offerings appear to be growing in popularity, as the company now holds a 25 percent global market share.”

A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate enables a browser and server to establish a secure, encrypted connection for online transactions and communications. GoDaddy.com SSL Certificates are offered in three assurance validation levels: Standard, Deluxe and Premium Extended Validation SSL.

All GoDaddy certificates include an unlimited server license, meaning one Certificate can be used on multiple servers, potentially saving companies thousands of dollars above and beyond the base price.

According to the company, GoDaddy is the largest hosting provider of secure websites in the world, in addition to being the world’s top domain name registrar. Read more of this news »

Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – May 19, 2009 – GoDaddy has awarded participants in its SmartSpace web site building contest with generous cash prizes.

GoDaddy created SmartSpace as a very affordable web site building tool that quickly and easily allows a domain name to be transformed into a web site – packed with a person’s favorite content in just a few clicks.

Jerry Fleming’s DenverSportsBlog.com is an example of how the software can be utilized. Mr. Fleming had been looking for a way to turn his passion for the Denver sports scene into an online business, but he couldn’t figure out how to make it happen until he discovered SmartSpace.

Mr. Fleming explained, ”Before I started using GoDaddy, I had great ideas but no way to put them together. With SmartSpace, I put together a professional-looking site quickly and with no graphic design schooling. What started as a fun side project now has paid advertisers and regular contributors.”

Mr. Fleming earned $5,000 simply for telling that story and entering GoDaddy’s SmartSpace contest.

In March and April, GoDaddy put out the call asking the company’s SmartSpace users to describe the creative ways they have used the Web builder and then awarded $25,000 in prize money for the most creative submissions. Fleming and 12 other SmartSpace customers won.

GoDaddy’s SmartSpace was developed to make creating a personal or potentially profit-making web site simple for anyone with a Go Daddy domain name. SmartSpace customers can personalize their Web site with photos, videos, blogs, RSS feeds, even material from social media sites like Digg, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy explained, ”It was impressive to see all the different uses of SmartSpace people submitted for our contest. As easy as this is to use, anyone who ever wanted a web site, but was worried about having to be tech savvy to get it done, can just throw those worries out the window.”

In all, three grand prize winners were awarded $5,000 each. Another 10 runners-up were awarded $1,000 each. Go Daddy awarded all 13 winners free use of SmartSpace for life’

Grand Prize Winners include:

– DenverSportsBlog.com
– ShirleyHank.com
– oNoItsMatt.com

Top 10 Runners-Up:

– CookingWithJolene.com
– WaltPitts.com
– McNeillies.info
– GarnaModa.com
– JohnnyLozoya.com
– BillyWillis.com
– CheeseInTheDesert.com
– RonChambers.me
– Alabamilton.com
– ConnectWithMegan.com

Go Daddy is a leader in domain registration, web hosting, design and new SSL certificates, which are used to keep web sites secure. Go Daddy offers 50+ products backed by 24/7 industry-best customer care to make enhancing your image online quick, easy and affordable.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – March 15, 2009 – GoDaddy web hosting domain registrar, recently participated in the 2009 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship, through a sponsorship involving poker’s top players.

Go Daddy introduced Vanessa Rousso, Team PokerStars Pro, as a new Go Daddy Girl just days before the 5th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Rousso is among 64 of the world’s elite poker professionals vying for the $1.5MM in combined prize money. Only one other woman in history has made it this far.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – May 5, 2009 – Hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy.com, will be the presenting sponsor for the Indianapolis 500 telecast again this year, from broadcast segments to aerial and in-car views, as well as commercials, during the live ABC broadcast May 24.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder at Go Daddy remarked, ”This is, by far, the hottest Go Daddy commercial we’ve ever done. Considering all the Go Daddy ads rejected over the years, this is as GoDaddy-esque as it gets. Our Internet-Only version will have people talking.”

Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick will have a high profile at Indy. She’s IndyCar’s Most Popular driver and will of course be among those competing on the track and appearing in television ads. Danica, however, will be the only driver starring in a racy new Go Daddy commercial tailor-made for the Indy 500.

Danica is literally behind the wheel for a twist on speeding tickets in her latest Go Daddy commercial, titled ‘Speeding.’ In the ad, the Go Daddy Girl is pulled over for going too fast on a deserted highway. Without revealing the punch line, the premise revolves around a police officer who stops Danica and quickly proclaims a desire to become a Go Daddy spokesperson.

Mr. Parsons is referencing the commercial’s cue for viewers to go to www.GoDaddy.com on race day to see the ad’s steamy conclusion. Go Daddy’s ‘cliffhanger’ tradition has served as a way to entertain viewers and drive Web site traffic. It’s a technique the company first pioneered during the 2008 Super Bowl.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – April 23, 2009 – Domain registrar and hosting firm, GoDaddy.com, has debuted a retail space with its new Marketplace, a virtual mall affords vendors a simple pricing structure – a flat fee commission and affordable lifetime membership.

According to the company, this means vendors don’t have to calculate different revenue formulas, deal with shifting fees or renew spiraling membership dues.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder remarked, ”Listen, you shouldn’t need to be an accountant to sell something online. The pricing structure we have put in place for Go Daddy Marketplace is simple, it’s affordable and it gives you access to millions of Go Daddy customers.”

Go Daddy Marketplace opened for business earlier this year – offering products from electronics to sporting goods, jewelry to antiques. Since its debut, vendors of all kinds have joined to sell their merchandise to Go Daddy’s millions of online visitors worldwide. In fact, vendors using Quick Shopping Cart can import products directly to Marketplace with Go Daddy’s easy Import Wizard.

Go Daddy Marketplace follows Go Daddy’s core principles – offer an online product people want and need – then make it easy to use and affordable.

Go Daddy Marketplace allows Internet merchants to increase their customer base exponentially. While most sole proprietor Web sites likely have hundreds – maybe even thousands – of customers who come to see their products, Go Daddy has more than 6.5 million customers and millions more online visitors drawn to the site.

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – April 16, 2009 – GoDaddy web hosting domain registrar, is now offering a new software solution to help businesses develop stronger customer relations – at a fraction of the cost they once had to invest.

GoDaddy Customer Manager allows business owners to track everything they need to know about a customer – then leverage that information to personalize contact with them.

GoDaddy Customer Manager is designed to help service proidersu stay organized and alert to customer needs, which can lead to improved customer service and a better bottom line.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy remarked, ”GoDaddy’s ace in the hole has always been our commitment to customer service. It’s the key to success in any business. That’s why we created Customer Manager. It allows any business to build strong relationships with its customers – and is just one more way GoDaddy offers an easy and affordable solution to our customers’ needs.”

GoDaddy Customer Manager allows users to:

• Quickly add contacts on the Web or by importing from a current contacts list
• Store customers’ important files and past histories all in one place
• Easily sort best customers according to sales volume
• Create custom groups, mailing lists and filters to segment customers
• Attach files to notes and store important customer related details together

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Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – April 9, 2009 – GoDaddy.com has been named 2009’s ”Best of the Best” technology company by Ranking Arizona, awarding the web hosting domain registrar as the ”best” Manufacturing and Technology Company doing business in the state.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy remarked, ”We appreciate the recognition because it further confirms Go Daddy’s approach to both customer service and product innovation are firing on all cylinders.”

Winners were announced last night and are selected by other top-ranked businesses, a voting group comprised of 175 of Arizona’s No. 1 companies. The distinction represents the business community’s favorite companies, or the Best of the Best, in each of ten major industry categories. Go Daddy had been ranked as the top software company and edged out Cox Communications and Verizon Wireless for Best of the Best.

Go Daddy serves more than 6.5 million customers worldwide and employs more than two-thousand people. This year already, Go Daddy has hired more than two hundred people and has been bombarded with resumes. Go Daddy ranked on the latest Best Places to Work list for the fifth year in a row. Go Daddy is known for treating its employees to generous prizes such as mortgages paid for a year, cars, cash and all expense paid vacations, all for which the company foots the tax bill.

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