GoDaddy.com, an ICANN accredited company, is the largest domain registrar in the world with over 27 million domain names in its portfolio. Showing steady growth in the last few years, Godaddy.com won the Domain Name Wire "Best Registrar" award in 2010.

GoDaddy offers a wide array of services and products ranging from domain name registration to website design services. It is a one stop shop for anyone looking to build a presence on the internet.

Web Hosting Plans:
GoDaddy offers 3 web hosting plans for customers to choose from:

Economy Plan - 3 months for $5.99 per month:
This plan offers 10GB of storage, 300GB of data transfer, 100 email accounts and 10 MySQL databases.

Deluxe Plan - 1 month for $6.99 per month:
This plan offers 150GB of storage, 1,500GB of data transfer, 500 email accounts and 25 MySQL databases.

Unlimited Plan - 1 month for $14.99 per month:
This plan boasts unlimited space, data transfer and MySQL databases along with 1000 email accounts.

All plans offer a discount of up to 15%percent if you purchase 3 years of hosting with GoDaddy and a guaranteed uptime of 99.9 percent.

Customers have the option of choosing a Windows or a Linux server, with both offering a range of services such as:

Fraud, virus and spam protection
Email encryption and webmail/PDA access
Direct database access
Advertising credit with Google, MySpace and Facebook
Ability to create subdomains, only 25 are allowed in the economy plan while both the other plans offer unlimited subdomains
Support for PHP, Frontpage, Perl & CGI, Coldfusion (additional charge) and ASP
Support for popular blogging software such as Wordpress, Serendipity and BlogEngine.NET

All servers are located in GoDaddy's world-class data centers which provide fully redundant power and N+1 cooling facilities, 24x7 on-site security and enterprise grade backup and restore technology.

Dedicated and Virtual Servers
For companies that are looking for larger or more reliable solutions GoDaddy.com also offers virtual servers starting at $29.99 per month and dedicated servers starting at $69.99 per month along with cloud based Mac OS X servers starting at $99.99 per month. All plans come with:

Facebook, MySpace and Google ad credit
Free SSL Certificates
FTP access
24x7 email, phone and web-based support

Servers can be managed using the free of cost simple control panel or customers can pay an additional fee to use tools such as cPanel and Plesk. Backup services can also be purchased for an additional cost.

The server plans come with a variety of support options from standard support which offers basic technical assistance if the problem arises in GoDaddy.com's technology, to Assisted Service plans which provide server setup services, security services and monitoring services among others. Custom support is also offered for customers looking for help with server scripting, OS hardening and installation of 3rd party web applications.

Additional Services
Apart from basic hosting services, GoDaddy.com provides a host of other services to help you leverage the power of the internet. GoDaddy's site builder services allow customers to either choose from pre-built templates which they can apply themselves or work with GoDaddy's team to create a completely unique website.

GoDaddy.com can also help businesses optimize their online operations with services such as:

Contact management services
E-commerce products such as shopping carts and GoDaddy Marketplace
Search Engine and social network visibility
Brand identity and web banner design services
Site analytics and surveys

Customer Service and Reviews
GoDaddy.com provides customers with phone and email support options. The lack of a live support option is sorely missed. However the community forums and library is a useful resource featuring articles and groups on topics such as web hosting to design and security.

Their website features a number of shining customer testimonials however reviews on other sites paint a very different picture. A number of sites feature reviews in which customers complain about the lack of support and complexity of the user interface.

Company Information
GoDaddy.com was founded in 1997 and is the flagship company of the Go Daddy group of companies. It has been growing steadily for the past 5 years and over the years has won a number of accolades such as being ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (2007 & 2009), Favorite Linux-Friendly web hosting by the Linux Journal (2008) and Best Registrar award by Domain Name Wire (2010). They are also accredited by the Better Businesses Bureau (BBB rating A+).

Before finalizing a company to work with it is imperative that detailed personal research is conducted. Reviews such as this are meant for informative purposes only.

While the breadth of product and services and steady growth make it seem like a good option, reviews of frustrated customers does call into question the quality of service.

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