The domain registrar and Web hosting provider GoDaddy.com (www.godaddy.com) announced on April 26 that it has surpassed Network Solutions (www.networksolutions.com) in total domain names under management, to become the world's No. 1 ICANN-accredited domain name registrar for the .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .us domain extensions, according to a statistics reported by the domain industry analyst Name Intelligence, Inc (www.nameintelligence.com).
Bob Parsons, president and founder of The Go Daddy Group, Inc., said that from 2002 to 2004 GoDaddy.com led the domain name industry in terms of net growth and new domain names registered, that GoDaddy.com is truly the world's No. 1 registrar in every category, that GoDaddy.com achieved this position through hard work, perseverance and without acquiring any other registrars, and that having achieved the status of No. 1 registrar, GoDaddy.com will need to be even more diligent in order to ensure continued growth, achieve greater customer satisfaction and retain GoDaddy.com’s leadership position.
Jay Westerdal, CEO of Name Intelligence, said that GoDaddy.com's rise to the preeminent domain name registrar is a watershed event in the history of the domain name industry, and that this is the first time that any registrar, other than Network Solutions, has ever held the No. 1 position.
