Established in 1999 under the name Jomax Technologies by Entrepreneur, Bob Parsons later changed the name to what we know now as GoDaddy. It is the #1 domain registration and the largest host parent company with more than 36 million sites hosted. They own, operate and preserve their own hosting which is not common in the industry.
GoDaddy has received manifold awards such as the Most Innovative company in 2007, the #1 Software company and the Best of the Best Technology in 2009 and the Best Registrar in 2009 for the 4th year in a row.
What is so cool about GoDaddy is that they offer so many distinct website and web hosting products it is approximately the one stop shop for people seeing to be online. They have the basics like domain name registration as low as .99 and web hosting as low as .49. They also offer many other things including an online domain auction.
