November 10, 2008 marks the 233rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps. To celebrate this occasion Go Daddy is proud once again to release a special birthday tribute to the Corps.

For those of you who served or are serving in other branches of our military, please accept this salute to the Marines also as a salute to the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. The reason I prepared this salute to the Marine Corps was simply because I served in the Corps and it was in the Corps that I grew up and became a man. Please know, I have the utmost respect and admiration for everyone in our military - past and present.

Finally, a special message to my brothers and sisters who served our country in Viet Nam; thanks for all you did, WELCOME HOME!

We have four new commercials.
I am proud to provide you with an early look at our new commercials.

Two of the commercials were filmed using The Go Daddy Girl. These will appear on male-oriented networks. The other two will appear on all the other networks. The new ads are called:

1. Candice and Bob (feature yours truly and The Go Daddy Girl).
2. Caterer.
3. Crazy DJ.
4. Rodeo (features The Go Daddy Girl and PBR star Spud Whitman).

Go Daddy Productions is born!
As you might already know, we parted with The AdStore in March (our contract ran out, we didnt fire them) and have since formed our own advertising/production division. We call our new division, Go Daddy Productions.

Why Go Daddy parted with The AdStore.Theres been quite a bit of dialogue about why we would part ways with The AdStore. In the ensuing coverage, individuals from The AdStore have been quoted as saying We were hurt by their decision and, we felt we helped put Go Daddy on the map.

How our Super Bowl commercial came to be.
I personally understand them feeling hurt. They no longer enjoy the monthly revenue from our account. The comment that they helped put us on the map also has some validity. However, its important to note that the key word in that statement is helped. What happened with the Super Bowl ad, that they helped create, and then produced, was the result of:



My decision to advertise on the Super Bowl to begin with. We signed with The AdStore before we even discussed the possibility of doing this. In fact, I was the subject of frequent and heavy criticism when I first made the decision to buy a spot on the Super Bowl. This was very similar to the criticism I received because of my decision to part with The AdStore.
The decision to use an attractive, well endowed woman, with the Go Daddy logo placed acrossed her tee shirt was mine entirely. In fact, The AdStore initially resisted the decision and we almost left the agency because of it.