Go Daddy experienced the third-largest gain in active sites over 2004, trailing only 1&1 Internet and The Planet as it added 206K active sites – those which contain actual content, an approach that excludes parked domains and one-page template sites and is therefore a better barometer of growth for a hosting business. Go Daddy had just 21K active sites when it launched its push into shared hosting in August 2003 with plans priced at $3.95 per month.

Go Daddy’s growth in hostnames has been even more dramatic, doubling from 1.5 million in November 2003 to more than 3 million this month, a reflection of its success as a domain registrar.

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