Tomorrow is Webmasters' Day - Are You Ready?

Business Wire, April 28, 2008

GoDaddy.com Declares April 29 Webmaster Holiday & Offers Customized Online Tributes

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Tomorrow, people from all over the world can show appreciation for the hard work their Webmasters deliver day in and day out.

From articles to blogs, the holiday is picking up steam as a recognized holiday and the general consensus is it's been a long time coming.

"The Internet wouldn't be where it is today without this underappreciated group who keep content on the 'net fresh," GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons said. "We hope the holiday will inspire gratitude for Webmasters around the world."

According to IDC, two-thirds of small to medium sized business employ their Webmaster in-house. The idea for the 'official' holiday is to honor Webmasters' contributions, whether they design the site, take care of the servers, or do it all.

"We think it is great organizations like GoDaddy.com are recognizing Webmasters for the true professionals they are," said Bill Cullifer, Executive Director, World Organization of Webmasters. "Webmasters serve their customers with a broad skill set, including strong technical, design, business and project management skills, and they play a pivotal role in any organization's structure today."

There are a number of ways you can pay tribute to your Webmaster tomorrow. Bake them a cake, take them to dinner or send them an e-card.

Anyone can go to www.GoDaddy.com/WebmastersDay and select a card to send to the person responsible for their Web site. Once you select your card, it will be automatically delivered. There is no cost, nor obligation.

For more information about Webmasters' Day, visit: www.GoDaddy.com/WebmastersDay.

About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that 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 rated the world's largest hostname provider 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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