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Exhibit 99.1
Deborah
H. Quazzo to Join Web.com Board of Directors
JACKSONVILLE,
FL – January 10, 2011 – Web.com Group inc. (NASDAQ: WWWW) a leading
provider of online marketing for small businesses, today announced that Deborah H. Quazzo has joined its
Board of Directors.
Quazzo is
the co-founder of NeXtAdvisors, a merchant bank providing advisory services to
the education and business services sector, as well as making select investments
in private companies. She has a 25 year career as an investment
banker and entrepreneur, including the co-founding of ThinkEquity Partners, a
180-person investment bank that was ultimately acquired by London-based Panmure
Gordon in 2007. Earlier in her career, Quazzo was a Managing Director
in Investment Banking for Merrill Lynch & Co. where she started the
Global Growth Group, and prior to Merrill Lynch, she worked for J.P. Morgan. A
native of Jacksonville, FL, Quazzo graduated cum laude from
Princeton University with a BA degree in history and subsequently earned an
MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on numerous private
boards and councils, most of which are related to improving education, such as
Teach for America, Chicago; KIPP: Chicago and America’s Promise Alliance, the
nation’s largest partnership focused on America’s youth and the high school
dropout crisis, founded by General Colin Powell and chaired by Mrs. Alma
Powell.
“Deborah
brings tremendous experience in creating and growing businesses,” said David
Brown, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of
Web.com. “We look forward to drawing on her knowledge as an
entrepreneur, a leader and a banker as we continue to develop our strategies for
the future.”
About
Web.com
Web.com
Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWWW) is a leading provider of online marketing for small
businesses. Web.com meets the needs of small businesses anywhere along their
lifecycle by offering a full range of online services and support, including
domain name registration services, website design, logo design, search engine
optimization, search engine marketing and local sales leads, general contractor
leads, franchise and homeowner association websites, shopping cart software,
eCommerce website design and call center services. For more information on the
company, please visit http://www.web.com or
call 1-800-GETSITE (1-800-438-7483).
Note
to Editors: Web.com is a registered trademark of Web.com Group,
Inc.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release includes certain "forward-looking statements" that are subject to
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results or
outcomes to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements
contained in this presentation that are not historical facts. These
statements are sometimes identified by words such as "will," "seek," or words of
similar meaning. As a result of the ultimate outcome of such risks and
uncertainties, Web.com's actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on Web.com's current beliefs or expectations, and there are a number of
important factors that could cause the actual results or outcomes to differ
materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements and other
risks that may impact Web.com's business. Other risk factors are set forth
in reports filed by Web.com with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including most recently Web.com's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2010 filed with the SEC on November 5, 2010. These reports are available on a
website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at
www.sec.gov. Web.com expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
contained herein as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Contact:
Susan
Datz Edelman
Director,
Investor Relations and
Corporate
Communications
(904)
680-6909
sedelman@web.com