Google and Endurance to Bring Small Business Web Presence Solutions to Emerging Markets
September 24 2014 - 8:52AM
Business Wire
Endurance International Group (NASDAQ: EIGI), a leading provider
of cloud-based platform solutions to help small and medium-sized
businesses succeed online, today announced that Google (NASDAQ:
GOOG) and Endurance have entered into an agreement to help small
and medium-sized businesses establish a web presence in Africa and
Southeast Asia. The new agreement will focus on South Africa,
Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Indonesia and Malaysia. Endurance is the
sole hosting partner to Google for this program.
The companies have been working in emerging markets together
since 2012, starting with the launch of the India-based Get Your
Business Online program. Now, Endurance and Google have joined
forces to bring small businesses online in Africa and Southeast
Asia.
The program is designed to make it fast, easy, and free for any
business to get online. Google provides businesses with the Google
My Business product, which connects businesses directly with their
customers by putting their business information on Search, Maps,
and Google+. Endurance assists participants with setting up their
Google My Business page and also offers paid-for services that
enable businesses to easily extend their web presence to a website
and to take advantage of eCommerce, website security, backup and
restore, 24/7 live support, and other value-added services that
Endurance offers.
“Google is stimulating demand for web solutions around the world
and Google My Business is a great platform for rapidly getting
listed and found online. We expect it will bring many businesses to
the web for the first time,” commented Hari Ravichandran, CEO of
Endurance.
Working with Google in the Get Your Business Online program in
India is one facet of Endurance’s overall strategy to bring web
presence solutions to emerging markets, which is a growing segment
of the hosting market. Many Endurance subscribers from brands such
as HostGator, Bluehost, and iPage are from outside the United
States, and the company provides localized versions of certain
brands, including websites and support in the local language, in
Brazil, India, China, Turkey, and Russia.
In January 2014, Endurance acquired Mumbai-based Directi, which
is one of the leading registrars of domain names in India and,
through its BigRock brand, also one of India’s leading web hosters.
Through its Reseller Club platform for web designers, web hosts and
domain resellers, Directi serves a network of over 200,000
resellers across the globe.
“We are very pleased to be partnered with Google in India,
Africa, and Southeast Asia,” said Ravichandran. “Together with our
installed base in emerging markets and our operations in such
countries as India and Brazil, we are well positioned to take
advantage of this key growth sector in the market.”
About Endurance International Group
Endurance International (NASDAQ: EIGI) helps small and
medium-sized business owners establish, manage and grow their
businesses by harnessing the power and promise of the web. As a
leading provider of cloud-based platform solutions, Endurance
International, through its family of brands – including Bluehost,
HostGator, iPage, Domain.com, A Small Orange, and Reseller Club –
supports over 3.7 million subscribers and is able to tailor
solutions for small businesses at every stage and level of
sophistication. For more information,
visit endurance.com and follow us @ LinkedIn, Google+ or
on Twitter @EnduranceIntl.
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Endurance International GroupDani LaSalvia,
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