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GoDaddy wants to teach teenagers how to fight cyber-bullying. Towards that end, Go Daddy donated $200,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Arizona. The money will be used to expand the organization's technology labs, add new computers and incorporate education about how to combat bullies who use the Internet to harass others. I find this a bit ironic and amusing. Why? Well, a lot of internet related services companies think that GoDaddy is the biggest cyber bully on the internet. Seriously. GoDaddy is kicking a lot of internet company's a**es. Just ask Register.com and Network Solutions, who both use to be the big domain registrars on the block. Well, until GoDaddy came around and knocked them down in size. Now GoDaddy is the largest domain registrar on the planet, and it's not even close. GoDaddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons knows how rough the Web can be when it comes to critics. "I have seen first-hand how mean-spirited people can be on the Internet," Parsons said. "It's just too easy to use a keyboard and a computer as a tool to bully and intimidate people. Go Daddy wants to help young people learn how to deal with cyberbullies ... the right way." You can see Parsons and GoDaddy dealing with another "cyber bully" right now. Who? Symantec's Verisign security division. Verisign is the current largest player in SSL certificates. GoDaddy has entered the SSL market place, and slashed prices. It's a fight that will take a few years to play out. But I'm not betting against GoDaddy SSL certificates (get GoDaddy SSL certificate coupon here). "We are taking one of my 16 Rules to a whole new level," Parsons said. "Rule number 12, 'Never Let Anyone Push You Around." One area that GoDaddy isn't having as much success in is web hosting. While GoDaddy does have a sizable percentage of the web hosting marketplace due to the cross-sell to their domain customer base, I would hardly consider GoDaddy a dominant player in web hosting. There are better options out there in website hosting providers, shared web hosts that cost about the same as GoDaddy, but deliver a better end product. So don't let GoDaddy cyber-bully you around. If you have a domain registered at GoDaddy, you don't have to use their web hosting. Read website hosting reviews, and find the best web host for your site.
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