October 27, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web host and domain name provider Go Daddy (http://www.godaddy.com) has made installing key applications a simple affair and the fact that its Hosting Connection feature is used to install an average of 1,000 applications a day is evidence of its success. The feature allows users to install an “extensive catalog of the most popular open source applications on the Internet” including photo albums, blogs, and Content Management Systems (CMSs) without technical knowledge or having to set up databases or permissions.
Go Daddy’s full range of shared hosting plans offer Hosting Connection as a standard option and it automatically installs free applications such as Joomla, WordPress and Drupal without requiring technical support, as well as “premium applications” such as Wise-FTP, SQLYog and Community Server.
“As online applications became more popular, Go Daddy customers wanted a way to install applications without all the hassle,” explained Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy. “It is obvious with more than one-thousand installs a day, Hosting Connection is working. We also wanted to give customers the ability to share their experience with the applications, which is why they can rate and review applications they’ve installed.”
Go Daddy offers a range of domain name registration plans and website design and hosting packages, including products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce website hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. Hosting Connection is one of a number of benefits available to Go Daddy’s customers, which include “generous disk space amounts and bandwidth”, 24x7 Customer Support, “world-class data centers” and “guaranteed uptime of 99.9%”.
