Go Daddy Certificate Authority Growth Ranked Number 1

Go Daddy Certificate Authority Growth Ranked Number 1

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Go Daddy Group, Inc., parent company of Starfield Technologies, Inc. and GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of domain names, was named in Netcraft's (www.netcraft.com) February 2005 Netcraft Secure Server Survey report as the Certification Authority (CA) that experienced the largest monthly gain in number of issued Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates worldwide. Go Daddy increased the number of SSL certificates issued under its name by 50% within the first month of 2005. The report compared the growth experienced by Go Daddy to that of competing CA's, and found Go Daddy's growth in new certificates leading the second-fastest growing CA by more than 60%.

"Our growth in the SSL market has been strong and steady since we started offering SSL certificates in March of 2004. Our Turbo SSL certificates -- which are issued just as fast as any competitor product, have the very same browser recognition and provide the same level of data security -- are only $29.95. This represents a huge savings to the customer and because of the way Go Daddy provides support to its customers, everybody wins," says Bob Parsons, president and founder of The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

Researching the Internet since 1995, Netcraft, an Internet services company based in Bath, England, is a globally respected authority on market share of web servers, encrypted transactions, and electronic commerce. Netcraft's client list spreads around the globe to the UK, mainland Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

"Go Daddy's efforts to diversify its line of SSL certificates products have yielded positive results, and made it a very competitive player in this market," said Rich Miller, an analyst with Netcraft. "Sales of the Turbo SSL certificate have been the major factor in Go Daddy's strong showing in recent months."

Go Daddy SSL certificates offer both businesses and individuals a higher level of security and privacy for online transactions of sensitive information than typical Internet sites. All Go Daddy certificates (i.e., Turbo SSL, High-Assurance SSL, and Wildcard SSL) offer 128-bit Web server security -- the highest level of encryption available on the market today. Go Daddy certificates are approved 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 that 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.

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Source: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Nick Fuller, Communications Manager of The Go Daddy Group,
Inc., +1-480-505-8800, ext. 4435, nfuller@godaddy.com

Web site: http://www.aicpa.org/

Web site: http://www.cica.ca/

Web site: http://www.netcraft.com/

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