GoDaddy has released as service called SmartSpace, which it claims will make creating web sites - complete with blogs, chat rooms, email addresses, photo galleries, and video showcases - easy for people that are not the least bit "tech savvy."

There is definitely potential for this service, considering that so many businesses have yet to create an online presence for themselves. Anything to ease the transition to the Internet is sure to be a welcome tool. This is especially true for businesses seeking online customers as brick and mortar numbers dwindle in a weak economy. Ben Kepes at Diversity writes:

Personalized homepages are a big market - with NetVibes, iGoogle, Yahoo et al entering the fray - this is a smart move for GoDaddy, as it ties the hosting of the URL to the actual homepage - thereby increasing stickiness.

My pick to watch for would be the roll out of simple e-commerce functionality to go with the personal homepages - thereby creating a one stop shop for hosting, web presence and transactional functions. Nice work guys!
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i love godaddy. i think i have about 20 domain names under the big daddy.