Globat.com Could Make You Eat Hundreds of Hamburgers

May 9, 2006; 03:12 AM
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Globat.com(R), the world leader in Performance Web Hosting(TM), today announced that it is sponsoring a family of three from Schulenburg, Texas in their quest to drive 400 miles to a St. Louis, Missouri-area White Castle only to eat 100 hamburgers each.

In similar fashion to the movie, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, the participants, Terri Scott, a long-time eBay'er, daughter Kerri Gomez, and Kerri's boyfriend GW Whitfield, wanted to taste and experience the infamous Sliders so badly that they created an auction on eBay to finance the trip. The hamburger-eating marathon will kick off on May 9, 2006. Each will be required to finish all 100 hamburgers without leaving the restaurant until they do so. Throughout the trip and at the restaurant, they will be promoting Globat.com and its marketing Web site DefyingGravity.com by displaying the company's logos on their vehicle, wearing temporary Globat.com tattoos, communicating through CB radio with fellow roadies and handing out Globat.com merchandise, such as t-shirts, hats and stickers.

"Talk about loving your beef! These three Texans certainly give Harold and Kumar a run for their money," said Ben R. Neumann, President and CEO of Globat.com. "It is electrifying ideas and events such as this we are happy to get behind to make people see that creativity is still key, and that Web hosting is not as unexciting as it might sound to some folks."

Attracting media attention worldwide, Globat.com has recently launched a wave of very unique sponsorships and events such as a sponsored birth, and a tattooed human billboard under the banner of "Defying Gravity," with the ultimate goal to launch at least one such special event in each of the 50 states. More information about this story can be found at the Defying Gravity Web site (http://www.DefyingGravity.com) or by e-mailing prdept@globat.com. Information about Globat.com and the company's services and Web hosting packages starting at only $6.95 is available at their Web site (http://www.globat.com) or by calling 877-2-GLOBAT.

About Globat, LLC

Globat, LLC (http://www.globat.com) is one of the most established Web hosting companies in the United States, offering affordable, quality Web hosting solutions to over 75,000 customers worldwide. Globat.com founder Ben R. Neumann, a two-time Entrepreneur of the Year(R) award nominee, was a pioneer of the budget Web hosting industry in 1994 when he founded Icom.com, which was sold to Interliant in 1998 and is today owned by Interland. The company is privately held and headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About DefyingGravity.com

DefyingGravity.com (http://www.DefyingGravity.com) is a Web site dedicated to new, unique, outrageous, and sometimes slightly crazy marketing ideas and events. Globat.com founders Ben R. Neumann and Chris Ueland started this marketing trend and Web site in early 2006 as part of their vision to bring new and exciting marketing trends to life, while bridging the gap between modern and traditional media. Word-of-mouth or evangelist marketing was and is in the forefront of this new and exciting venture, which plans to sponsor at least one outrageous marketing event in every one of the 50 states.

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