Now is the Time to Get Your Name Online

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - (Business Wire) If you missed out on registering your domain name with other extensions – get ready. Tomorrow, July 17, GoDaddy.com is offering .ME domain names for Open Registration. This gives anyone who wants to get their presence online an opportunity for a valuable piece of Internet real estate. As with any Open Registration period, plenty of premier domain names are available to be registered.

Using a .ME domain lets the world know it’s about you. A Web site dedicated to your interests, an online photo album or email can be hosted, giving you center stage on the ‘net. When you give out your domain, it will be easy to remember, the best kind of domain name to have.

"'I want my name as a domain name' is something I hear often from Internet users," said GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons. "DotME not only gives everyone a chance to register their own name, but provides the perfect domain for expressing themselves."

According to Technorati, there are more than 112 million blogs online. Using a .ME domain for your blog allows you to use the domain name you want. It gives you ultimate self-expression through the look, words, videos and URL of your site.

Another benefit of having a .ME domain through GoDaddy.com is personalized email. A poll conducted by Yahoo shows 59 percent of the respondents felt the most important aspect of an e-mail address was that it is easy to remember. When registering a .ME domain name - every customer gets a free customizable email address - letting them choose EXACTLY what they want, not settling for random numbers at the end.

Individuals aren’t the only ones who can take advantage of this new extension. There are some very marketable possibilities with the .ME extension which would offer a new company a great, identifiable branding option. Established companies can also get a .ME domain to show a more personal side of their business.

Once registered, the .ME domain is placed into the user's account. The user has access to the full line of Go Daddy products. Included in the registration fee are blogging software, Web-based email and a Web site builder. All .ME domains are currently two years minimum registration.

Customers who want to secure their .ME domain can do so by visiting www.GoDaddy.com.

About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 30 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

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The Go Daddy Group, Scottsdale
Nick Fuller/Communications Mgr.
480-505-8800 x4435
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