Go
Daddy Certificate Authority Goes Global [January
12, 2005]
SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz. (January 12, 2005)— The Go Daddy Group,
Inc., parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar
of domain names, announced today that its customer base
for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificates has grown
dramatically, attracting a wide range of international
customers. In less than a year since launching its first
of several SSL Certificate offerings, Go Daddy has found
its SSL Certificates reaching into virtually every corner
of the globe, with new orders coming daily from Europe,
Australia, the MidEast, South America and Japan. For
Q4 2004, over 10% of all Go Daddy SSL Certificates were
issued to overseas customers.
“The
growth of our international customer base displays the
confidence of consumers in the rigorous business and
technology infra-structure processes Go Daddy developed
to provide our purchasers, and their customers, the
peace of mind that comes with using a site protected
by a Go Daddy secure certificate,” says Bob Parsons,
president and founder of Go Daddy, recently ranked the
fastest growing technology company (No. 8 overall) on
the Inc. 500 list of America’s Fastest Growing
Privately Held Companies.
“Go
Daddy’s SSL certificate is a bargain,” said
Stefan Angheli, Co-Founder of www.healthfitness.com.au.
“We had no trouble with its set up, and best of
all, with the WebTrust Seal of Assurance, we know our
customers’ private and personal information will
not be compromised.”
SSL
Certificates provide validation that businesses and
individuals who request personal or financial information
online are offering a higher level of security and privacy
than typical Internet sites. Go Daddy offers 128-bit
web server certificates, the highest level of encryption
available on the market today. All of Go Daddy’s
SSL Certificates (i.e., Turbo SSL, High-Assurance SSL
and Wildcard SSL), are backed by the WebTrust Seal of
Assurance (awarded by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accounts (www.AICPA.org) and the Canadian Institute
of Chartered Accountants (www.CICA.ca)), which guarantees
Go Daddy has met and exceeded standards in the areas
of privacy, security, business practices/transaction
integrity, availability and confidentiality.
About
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
The Go Daddy Group, the industry leader in domain name
registration, enables individuals and businesses to
acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities
and brands on the Internet by offering a complete line
of web development tools including domain name registration,
hosting, email systems, SSL certificates and complementary
products and services. Together, The Go Daddy Group
companies include three ICANN-accredited domain name
registrars: flagship registrar GoDaddy.com (www.GoDaddy.com);
membership-based registrar Blue Razor Domains, Inc.,
(www.bluerazor.com); and reseller registrar Wild West
Domains, Inc., (www.wildwestdomains.com). The Go Daddy
Group also offers private domain name registration services
through Domains By Proxy, Inc., (www.domainsbyproxy.com.
The Go Daddy Group registers a new domain name every
7 seconds.
Contact:
Nick Fuller
Communications Manager
480.505.8800 ext. 4435 nfuller@godaddy.com
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