godady review

With the 2009 SuperBowl just around the corner I decided to review the web hosting services of GoDaddy.com. As you may or may not know in the last several years GoDaddy has participated in a number of Superbowl commercials. (Which by the way you can preview on their website)

GoDaddy was started in 1997 by Bob Parsons, who is still the founder and CEO of the company.
They remain the largest ICANN domain registrar in the world with over 32 million domains currently under their management. GoDaddy has been included in the top 500 list of the fastest- growing, privately held companies in the nation for the last 3 years. They also participate in a list of charities too long to mention, but found under "Go Daddy Cares" on their website.

Besides domain registry GoDaddy also supplies:
Domain - purchase, management, renewals, transferring, auctions, and enhancements.
Hosting - plans, management, enhancements, and server plans.
Email - plans, management, enhancements, and marketing for your business.
SiteBuilders - enhancements, do it yourself plans, and build it for you plans.
Business - tools, reseller programs, ecommerce products, marketing tools, and gift cards.
SSL Certificates - purchase and management.
Reseller - Opportunities and management.

Unlike many webhosting companies that offer one or a few web hosting package options GoDaddy provides enough products to fit the needs of just about anyone wanting to design or start a website. Go Daddy does not provide "toll free" phone support. However, they have a ton of options to provide support such as (not outsourced) phone, email, FAQ, Knowledgebase, help guides, tutorials, glossary, and forum.
In our GoDaddy review we found their website to be very comprehensive yet easy to find the information you need, and fun stuff too(like their commercials) . Another advantage to GoDaddy is they do not require any long term contracts, they offer 12, 24, and 26 month discounts but do not require you to do so.