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Web biz GoDaddy's virtual data centres are apparently best illustrated using a photo of a bootilicious young thing in a thong gazing thoughtfully at a tan-coloured bed spread. Conveying little insight into the operation of a hypervisor-powered on-demand computing warehouse, the baffling picture doesn't appear to be a temporary …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I Like It

    And it has obviously succeeded in its goal of attracting more clicks, especially with the able assistance of co-conspirator Anna Leach. Plenty of clicks for everyone.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: I Like It

      Me too - I think "he" looks sweet and yummy ...

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Pirate

    Hmmm...

    ...I wonder if the photographer (MobiusCo) or the model (Mercedez Lee) were paid by GoDaddy. That image doesn't appear to be available via MobiusCo's online store.

    1. SiempreTuna
      Thumb Up

      Re: Hmmm...

      Finally! A Mercedes that looks right without a Taxi sign ..

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Hmmm...

        That Mercedes may not be a taxi, but I'd still like a ride!

    2. Franklin
      Thumb Down

      Re: Hmmm...

      Neither the model nor the photographer were paid by GoDaddy, because GoDaddyGuides is not owned, operated, or hosted by GoDaddy. It's a simple WordPress site being used by a GoDaddy affiliate. I thought it was rather obvious when I did a whois and discovered that it isn't even using GoDaddy's name servers...

      1. The Alpha Klutz

        Re: Hmmm...

        rather obvious, or rather convenient?

        yes govnor the guides site is run by some dodgy defectors we cant track them down doo doodle doo.

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  4. Velv
    Coat

    With it being a virtual datacentre, they still needed to show off some "nice rack"

  5. Silverburn
    Coat

    ...must...buy...virtual datacenter...

    1. Morphius
      Joke

      Eh? Why are you on about a virtual datacenter?

  6. Buzzword
    Paris Hilton

    Less GoDaddy, more like Come To Daddy!

  7. K
    Joke

    Hey baby.. huh huh huhhuh

    How about I fill your Virtual Data Center!

    huh huh huhhuh

  8. sabba
    Paris Hilton

    What...

    ...no jokes about having her balancing your load!!

    Come on guys, you're slipping up here. In the old days such an opportunity wouldn't have been missed.

    1. diodesign (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge

      Re: What...

      We'll leave that to Lester.

      C.

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    What the internet is about

    I was told by a sales rep from a major server manufacturer that their biggest customers were porn sites, so this is just targeted advertising. Although, if that is the case, it's a bit, err, soft!

    In my innocent youth I was told how to find out what the internet is really all about: in Google search, images, turn off Safe Search and type in any female name. Of course, I checked several. In the name of science.

    1. JDX Gold badge

      Re: What the internet is about

      I tried Jane: clothing stores

      I tried Sarah: a wikipedia article about a bible character

      I tried Jenny: a Flight of the Conchords video

      Nothing dodgy even in image search that I could see.

      1. Dire Criti¢

        Re: What the internet is about

        You're holding it wrong?

        1. Anonymous Coward
          Anonymous Coward

          Re: You're holding it wrong?

          Brilliant :)

          But it looks like he's right. Jane Austen was about the steamiest image I could find on those results. Maybe Jane Austen is as hot as it gets (she did have men "making love" to women for entire coach trips) or maybe the internet is not what it was.

          I'm off to try Ophelia. If you see what I mean.

          1. Anonymous Coward
            Alert

            Re: You're holding it wrong?

            Even if you normally run "Safe Mode Off", you'll probably need to double-check the setting is really off as mine returned to default "Moderate" due to it not picking up my login information (cookie). [And yes, I do allow Google to track everything I do, by design.]

      2. stanimir

        JDX: images, images!!

        Dude, images, look for images. Click that images link. For instance:

        https://www.google.com/search?q=Jenny&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X

        1. mark 63 Silver badge

          Re: JDX: images, images!!

          Why is your link https? and remarkably short?

          http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=937&q=jenny&oq=jenny&gs_l=img.3..0l10.2543.3275.0.3437.5.5.0.0.0.0.70.301.5.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.L1BiIgP_Nws

          1. Anonymous Coward
            Anonymous Coward

            Re: JDX: images, images!!

            https is supposed to deny the referrer information being sent. This is not to say that google dont use a second channel to make the http connection with referrer information.

            1. Anonymous Coward
              Anonymous Coward

              Re: JDX: images, images!!

              Related, this userscript to change google's link behaviour is worth a look: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/121923

          2. pixl97

            Re: HTTPS

            Mark

            https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

            Probably uses HTTPS Everywhere. I tend to like to send my packets encrypted too.

            1. stanimir

              Re: HTTPS

              https is a valid protocol and removes the ability of your provider to track you.

              And actually google does not uses normal http if the main request is https. As for the shorter link - I did take care to remove any unnecessary bits (like screen/browser resolution for instance, sent in the URL)

  10. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    she's not from godaddy support

    at least not FOR ME :(

    I always get a gruff-voiced James (sorry James) or his mates. Or pals. Always perfectly efficient, but rather... stiff. And no, I'm not into Jameses...

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    On the subject of dubious images...

    ...can you link to a higher-res image of Richard Branson rogering a flight attendant that you used to illustrate a Virgin story?

    1. AceRimmer1980
      Paris Hilton

      Re: On the subject of dubious images...

      Oh, better than that, how about Richard Branson *as* a flight attendant.

      Yes, it happened.

      I believe the flight went over Paris.

  12. biznuge
    Thumb Up

    Better img here actually...

    http://www.godaddyguides.com/2011/11/page/3/

    click the pic on the right, a bit further down the page...

    Just for info.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Better img here actually...

      The image in the article links to the same medium size image.

      Thanks for that link, though, nice pictures of trees.

    2. Asiren
      Paris Hilton

      Re: Better img here actually...

      Goodness gracious, that booty's been photo-shop-plasticised to beyond an inch of its life!

      Prefered the thumbnail...

    3. Woger

      Re: Better img here actually...

      Better IMAGES here actually. The minx in the thong is eye candy but the other images (click on the right image of the pair) are stunning photography.

    4. Version 1.0 Silver badge
      Happy

      Re: Better img here actually...

      Still looks like a transvestite to me...

  13. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    To the Editors.

    Dear Sir's and Madame's,

    To fully consider this and all future issues, any scantily clad pictures of women on The Reg should have hi-res links so we can check for any moral issues without squinting or having fuzzy images when you zoom in.

    The hard working photogs and models of the UK deserve their works to be displayed in the best possible resolution so their work can be appreciated by all.

    Yours etc.,

    P. Harvey Fortesque,

  14. DannyRyan

    photoshop

    You can click on the icon, get a full size image.

    looks very photoshopped!

    see for yourselves:

    http://www.godaddyguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/khazzy.jpg

    1. Mike Flugennock

      Re: photoshop

      "Very photoshopped" doesn't begin to describe this image.

      Christ, she almost looks as if she could be a Poser rendering.

  15. Phil W

    This would make an excellent meme

    As per title, <verb>ing your <noun, like a <unrelated noun> <unrelated verb>ing.

    Defragging your hard disk, like a baywatch babe running down a beach.

    Deploying software on your network, like an chef grilling beef.

    Failing at your job, like a child eating ice cream.

    etc etc.

  16. zebthecat
    Childcatcher

    I prefer this place for stock images

    http://placekitten.com/

  17. Anonymous Coward
    Happy

    I think GoDaddy marketing is still working on their messaging...

    Let me help....

    A) GoDaddy Virtual Data Center will save you so much money you can afford to have a model for a girlfriend?

    B) GoDaddy Virtual Data Center uncomplicates your IT infrastructure, leaving you with more time to pursue the ladies?

    C) GoDaddy Virtual Data Center such a thing of beauty that it gives an underwear model a run for the money? (Sorry, GoDaddy--not buying that one)

    D) GoDaddy Marketing has found out that in the male-dominated IT industry, a scantily clad model in a boudoir setting draws more attention than a Nepalese woman sweeping off the steps?

    E) GoDaddy is going trouser so much money over their virtual data center offering that they will need special help to get the trousers off?

  18. Paul Hovnanian Silver badge

    Who's your Daddy?

  19. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    DNSSEC is looking pretty good

    http://www.godaddyguides.com/2011/07/25/what-is-dnssec-and-how-does-it-work/

    1. Mike Flugennock

      Re: DNSSEC is looking pretty good

      Oooh, yeah, I'd certainly hit Miss DNSSEC, even though her hair looks as if it's a shade of red not found in nature.

      Seriously, man... natural redheads have always turned me on more than blondes, but this chick's shade of red isn't even close.

  20. Stevie

    Hooray!

    Finally, real science! Thank you, Register, for showing those useless planet-renamers and thermometer-shed-paint obsessed twillups the way.

  21. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The images on theregister.co.uk are sometimes just as irrelevant

    How often have I seen a random image of a woman's mouth illustrating a "Top story"? What's it for? What am I supposed to think about while looking at the picture?

    1. jubtastic1
      Paris Hilton

      Re: The images on theregister.co.uk are sometimes just as irrelevant

      Sexy time

  22. David Given

    Google Image Search is your friend

    ...you can upload an image and it will find 'visually similar' images. Actually not so helpful in this case as there is one metric fuck-load of flesh-toned photography on the intertubes (adjective carefully chosen), but what claims to be the original is here:

    http://www.mercedezlee.com/

    Portfolio -> Glamour 2 -> about halfway down.

    1. Mike Flugennock
      Thumb Up

      Re: Google Image Search is your friend

      Day-am, dude, you aren't kidding. She certainly is big-league, for sure. Hubba, hubba.

      Still, her face really does look like a Poser rendering. Could be the lighting and make-up, but, still...

  23. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Referral Spam me thinks

    The domain name is not owned by GoDaddy although it was registered through them.

    All the banner links back to GoDaddy take you through an affiliate link.

    Someone is rubbing their hands together at the number of click throughs they got in the last few hours!

  24. daztheladd
    Happy

    It seems they have a bit of a team going...

    http://www.godaddyguides.com/2011/11/16/installing-uninstalling-go-daddys-workspace-desktop-tool/

  25. Khoos
    FAIL

    But it needs an image! Any image! A stock image!

    I see this "needs an image! any image!" thinking on other sites too. With usually stock images which have little to do with the story. For example www.nu.nl has a stock image of a CRT (remember those?) with a full-screen (remember?) output of IPv4-only (remember?) of netstat.exe -r applied to lots of stories about computer security.

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