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==History==
==History==
* GoDaddy Group were founded in 1997 under the name of Jomax® Technologies by Bob Parsons. In 1998-1999 they started to provide web development services. <ref>[http://www.robertlsmall.us/schoolfiles/BUA440web/companyresearch2.htm Robert L Small]</ref>During that time they changed their name from Jomax® to Go Daddy Software®, Inc. The CEO and Founder Bob Parsons commented in his blog that they were looking for more remarkable name than Jomax® and came up with GoDaddy after someone suggested Big Daddy which was already taken. <ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/9/how-godaddy-got-name-logo-mean.html Bob Parsons' Blog]</ref>
* GoDaddy Group was founded in 1997 under the name of Jomax® Technologies by [[Bob Parsons]]. In 1998-1999 they started to provide web development services. <ref>[http://www.robertlsmall.us/schoolfiles/BUA440web/companyresearch2.htm Robert L Small]</ref>During that time they changed their name from Jomax® to Go Daddy Software®, Inc. The CEO and Founder [[Bob Parsons]] commented in his blog that they were looking for a more remarkable name than Jomax® and came up with GoDaddy after someone suggested Big Daddy, which was already taken. <ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/9/how-godaddy-got-name-logo-mean.html Bob Parsons' Blog]</ref>
*GoDaddy Software became an [[ICANN]]-accredited registrar in 2000 and started to provide domain name registration services at 70% less than the industry leaders’ prices. While in 2001 GoDaddy was approximately of the same size as its major competitors, in 2005 it become the largest [[ICANN]]-accredited domain registrar in the world. <ref>[http://www.web-hosting-top.com/web-hosting/news/articles/6359/go-daddy-top-registrar,-says-study web-hosting-top.com]</ref>
*GoDaddy Software became an [[ICANN]]-accredited registrar in 2000 and started to provide domain name registration services at 70% less than the industry leaders’ prices. While in 2001 GoDaddy was approximately of the same size as its major competitors, in 2005 it become the largest [[ICANN]]-accredited domain registrar in the world. <ref>[http://www.web-hosting-top.com/web-hosting/news/articles/6359/go-daddy-top-registrar,-says-study web-hosting-top.com]</ref>