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Today, people from all over the world can show appreciation for the hard work
their Webmasters deliver day in and day out.
From
articles to blogs, the holiday is picking up steam as a recognized holiday and
the general consensus is it’s been a long time coming.
"The Internet
wouldn't be where it is today without this underappreciated group who keep
content on the ‘net fresh," GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons said. “We
hope the holiday will inspire gratitude for Webmasters around the
world."
According to IDC, two-thirds of small to medium sized business
employ their Webmaster in-house. The idea for the 'official' holiday is to honor
Webmasters' contributions, whether they design the site, take care of the
servers, or do it all.
"We think it is great organizations like
GoDaddy.com are recognizing Webmasters for the true professionals they are,"
said Bill Cullifer, Executive Director, World Organization of Webmasters.
"Webmasters serve their customers with a broad skill set, including strong
technical, design, business and project management skills, and they play a
pivotal role in any organization's structure today."
There are a number
of ways you can pay tribute to your Webmaster tomorrow. Bake them a cake, take
them to dinner or send them an e-card.
Anyone can go to
www.GoDaddy.com/WebmastersDay
and select a card to send to the person responsible for their Web site. Once you
select your card, it will be automatically delivered. There is no cost, nor
obligation.
For more information about Webmasters' Day, visit:
www.GoDaddy.com/WebmastersDay.
About
The Go Daddy Group, Inc. Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that
enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online
presence. Go Daddy 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. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy
private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog
software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers,
renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1
domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also
rated the world's largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During
2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names
registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com,
.net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi
