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One of oldest DNN hosting providers "GoDaddy" Sold for $2.25 Billion One of oldest DNN hosting providers "GoDaddy" Sold for $2.25 Billion
By Salar Golestanian @ 02 Jul 2011 :: Article Rating :: All Topics
 
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, has been sold to three private equity firms in a deal valued at $2.25 billion, the company announced late Friday. As a report predicted a week ago, private equity firms KKR & Co., Silver Lake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures sealed the deal, in which they agreed to take on GoDaddy’s debt. That report indicated 'Go Daddy' would be sold for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion.

Company founder and CEO Bob Parsons predicted further growth of GoDaddy under its new ownership. He said to the Los Angeles Times, “What these guys see is a company with a lot more potential internationally and more potential to make partnerships and acquisitions. They’ll help us finance and they’ll help us recruit talent.”

GoDaddy, known for its sexy Super Bowl ads and controversial CEO with a penchant for elephant killing, has seen significant growth over the past three years, with sales rising by 25% to $947 million from 2009 to 2010. The company projected growth for 2011 to continue that trend, quoting a figure of $1.1 billion for the year.

It is reported that 'Go Daddy' wants to go to the “Next level” and the company partnered with the firms because of their technological expertise and better understanding of a web based business.

Go Daddy is probably the world’s largest and one of the most trusted domain registrars till date. Most internet companies and cloud based business prefer choosing Go Daddy for the reputation they hold. And not just domain names, Go Daddy has seen massive growth in web hosting, e commerce and other services during the last couple of years. The company now manages more than 48 Million domain names and has a huge global user base of 9.3 million customers. Go Daddy has been very accommodating to quickly releasing hosting services for popular CMS like WordPress, Joomla, DotNetNuke and Drupal.

The GoDaddy portfolio is chock full of products and services. If you need to create a website for your online presence, you are in good luck because GoDaddy has a wide variety of hosting solutions to choose from. GoDaddy offers traditional shared web hosting packages, virtual private servers, and dedicated servers. Also available are plans on Linux and Windows platforms, as well as cloud-based solutions built on Apple’s Mac OS X operating system. From web to email hosting, there is something available to accommodate just about any need.

GoDaddy’s web hosting service has improved significantly over the years, and this improvement is reflected in its impressive list of features. The actual features you receive all depend on the plan you select, but there are quite a few that are consistent across all packages, including multiple email accounts, FTP access, and comprehensive utilities for viewing your web stats. Another interesting feature these plans have in common is Google Webmaster Tools, a collection of tools that helps webmasters better optimize for search engine rankings. These features and many more have enabled GoDaddy to remain very competitive in the hosting marketplace.

Most web hosting companies use third-party control panel programs such as cPanel, Plesk, and Helm. Being an innovator in the IT sector, it is no surprise that GoDaddy has decided to create its own proprietary software in-house. Like most control panels, GoDaddy’s version aims to simplify the routine task of managing a web hosting account. It offers all the basic functionality, including the ability to set up email accounts, manage domains, and monitor resource usage. However, this software is far from perfect. The major complaints coming from customers is that the control panel’s interface is a bit cluttered from a barrage of options,

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These are various short and long News Articles and Blogs by Salar Golestanian the founder of SalarO.com about the latest topics that interest me. The subject matter are mixed topics from Web Trends, Technology, Software, Science or Current Afair, or whatever that can affect Internet Technology in any shape or form.  I have been told that the best place for these would have been for me to place them on a page at SalarO.com, However, some of these Blogs have less of a commercial or corporate genra, so they are placed here in this personal site. These Blogs help me explain a little more than normally is allowed in the 140 character real-estate of a typical Twitter post. They may also link you to the actual news or site that can expands further on my comments.

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