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Written by Marcus | Saturday, April 18th, 2009
GoDaddy.com is a world leader in domain registrations, web site hosting, new SSL certificates, and web site design. The Go Daddy Quick Shopping Cart, part of their online shopping mall has been recently voted as most popular shopping cart in a survey by Practical eCommerce.
Providing leading services that allow individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence is the main aim of Go Daddy. The company also 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. They register, renew and transfer domain names constantly. Named as the world’s Top domain name registrar by Name Intelligence, Inc, during 2008, The Go Daddy Group registered more than 33% of all the new domain names out there. They also hold an array of products including SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting.
Now, Go Daddy Domain Registrars are teaming up with NBC and offering one of the most exciting and innovative online poker championships. Go Daddy are in fact sponsoring NBC’s broadcast of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, a new poker tournament scheduled to commence on NBC Sunday airing each and every Sunday till May 17. This tournament promises to be full of surprises.
Back in March, the Internet powerhouse had announced a new Go Daddy Girl to the world, Vanessa Rousso, Team PokerStars Professional. Vanessa Rousso has already earned more than $2MM playing poker professionally and competes against some of the biggest names in poker nowadays. Vanessa will be one amongst this tournament’s 64 players while others will include some of the world’s best poker professionals and celebrity guests. All in all it will be a virtual poker game head-to-head al up against for a $1.5MM in combined prize money.
Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons stated “Vanessa is, as they say, all in with Go Daddy baby,” “She brings everything you’d want to the table – she’s intellectually brilliant, sexy and as savvy a poker player as you’re going to see.”
Go Daddy has filmed several poker-themed commercials in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be airing during the Go Daddy sponsored broadcasts on NBC. Vanessa will also feature in these advertisements as Go Daddy Girl together with IndyCar Series’ most popular driver, Danica Patrick, original Go Daddy Girl Candice Michelle and Go Daddy’s CEO and Founder Bob Parsons.
In a time of crisis when most companies in the States are tightening budgets and not investing in their marketing, Go Daddy has a fierce advertising campaign and is also working on expanding sponsorships through the many arenas. In fact, a fortnight ago, during an LPGA tournament in Phoenix, Go Daddy announced that professional golfer/model, Anna Rawson, will also join and will be their fourth Go Daddy Girl.
Jon Miller, executive vice president of NBC Sports commented, “We couldn’t be more pleased to have GoDaddy.com as our presenting sponsor for this amazing event,” “Everyone knows Go Daddy only aligns itself with major sporting events and we are thrilled to be partnered on our National Heads-Up Poker Championship.”
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