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* In December, 2011, it was announced that a private equity investment funding round from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures would be finished by the end of the year. One of the main points for the funding was for overseas expansion, and thus needed approval from the Chinese government.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2011/12/02/godaddy-investment-should-close-before-end-of-year/ GoDaddy Investment should Close Before End of Year, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
* In December, 2011, it was announced that a private equity investment funding round from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures would be finished by the end of the year. One of the main points for the funding was for overseas expansion, and thus needed approval from the Chinese government.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2011/12/02/godaddy-investment-should-close-before-end-of-year/ GoDaddy Investment should Close Before End of Year, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
* Also in December, 2011, GoDaddy announced that they would once again be featuring .Co in their infamous Super Bowl advertisements. They first ran an ad for the 2011 Super Bowl, promising before-hand to unveil a brand new .Co girl, to be added to the likes of current GoDaddy girls, Danica Patrick and Jillian Michaels. The new girl ended up being a bit of a prank, as it was Joan Rivers. At the time of announcing the 2012 ads, they ahd already passed NBC's censors. .Co noted that the first ads they were featured in, in 2011, immediately caused an unprecedented amount of traffic and registration.<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/blog/super-bowl-sunday-%25E2%2580%2593-here-we-come Super Bowl Sunday Here we COme, CoInternet.co/blog]</ref>
==Business==
==Business==