Go Daddy Ranked No. 92 Fastest Growing Technology Company in North America On the 2003 Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Updated on Tuesday, October 21st, 2003 at 12:00 am

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Go Daddy Ranked No. 92 Fastest Growing Technology Company in North America On the 2003 Deloitte Technology Fast 500

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ — The Go Daddy Group, Inc. today
announced that it ranked No. 92 on the 2003 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a
ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies — both public and
private — in North America. Rankings are based on the average percentage
revenue growth over five years, from 1998 to 2002. The Go Daddy Group grew
4,221 percent during this period.

Go Daddy’s Fast 500 ranking at No. 92 positions the company as the fastest
growing technology company in Arizona during the same five-year period among
companies that were nominated, researched and eligible for the list.
Bob Parsons, Go Daddy president and founder, credits the company’s
tenacity in providing excellent customer service, highly competitive pricing,
and an evolving line of Internet-related products and services with the
company’s impressive revenue growth rate over the past five years."We are
relentless in our pursuit to deliver a high quality customer service
experience," said Parsons. "As we continue to grow the family of companies
within The Go Daddy Group, our focus will remain on exceeding our customers’
expectations."

"Attracting enough customers to maintain quadruple digit growth over five
years makes a strong statement about the quality of a company’s product and
its leadership," said Mark A. Evans, national managing partner of Deloitte’s
Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group. "The Go Daddy Group’s
phenomenal growth puts it in select company."

Overall, companies that ranked on the 2003 Technology Fast 500 had growth
rates ranging from 469 to 296,080 percent over five years.

Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications

The Fast 500 list is compiled from Deloitte’s 20 regional North American
Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500 and public
company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, entrants must have
had 1998 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD and $75,000 CD for the
United States and Canada, respectively; and 2002 operating revenues must be at
least $1 million USD or CD. Deloitte researchers examined financial
statements to validate operating revenues.

Entrants must also be public or private companies headquartered in North
America. An entrant must be a "technology company," defined as a company that
owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the
company’s operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues
to the research and development of technology. Using other companies’
technology in a unique way does not qualify.

About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. family of companies enables individuals and
businesses to acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities and brands
on the Internet. Family companies include flagship GoDaddy.com and reseller
provider Wild West Domains, Inc., both ICANN accredited registrars; Domains By
Proxy, Inc., which provides private domain registration services; and
Starfield Technologies, Inc., which serves as the group’s research and
development arm.

About Deloitte

Deloitte, one of the nation’s leading professional services firms, provides
audit, tax, financial advisory services and consulting through nearly 30,000
people in more than 80 U.S. cities. For more information, please visit
Deloitte’s Web site at http://www.deloitte.com/us.