April 23, 2012 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – April 29 marks the fifth annual
Web Professionals' Day. It's a day that honors online professionals around the world - the people who create, maintain, design and develop the websites that enrich our lives.
Go Daddy, the world's largest provider of Web hosting, domain name registrations and new SSL Certificates, created the holiday in 2008 in partnership with the World Organization of Webmasters to recognize professionals working in one of the fastest-growing job sectors. There is a growing demand for professionals with the right technical skills. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates the surge will create more than 1 million new technical positions by 2020.
"We hope more and more people will join the spirit of the holiday this year, to honor their Web pro ... these are the people helping drive Internet growth ... the people who help design websites ... the people who keep websites up and running with fresh content and we think they deserve a tribute day," said Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman. "If you think about all the ways the Internet touches your day-to-day life, or business, it's astounding."
"With the growing popularity of mobile phones and Web applications, the demand for Web professionals is growing every day," said Bill Cullifer, Executive Director of WebProfessionals.org and the Web Professional Jobs Network. "On behalf of WebProfessionals.org members, we salute Web professionals everywhere for their commitment and their contribution to the growth of the Internet. It's great to be collaborating with Go Daddy this holiday to honor them."
You can show your support for hardworking Web pros everywhere by posting on Twitter through the hash tag: #GDWebPro.
About Go Daddy
Go Daddy is the world's largest domain name provider, Web hosting provider and new SSL provider, focused on helping small businesses grow larger. Go Daddy provides dozens of cloud-based services and is the largest worldwide mass-market hosting provider by annual revenue according to Tier1 Research (Mass-Market Hosting Report-Winter 2011) and is the #1 provider of net-new SSL certificates for 2011, according to the Netcraft, LTD Secure Server Survey.
