Wordpress, Godaddy, and Permalinks

If you do a Google search on the subject, you find that people have complaints about how GoDaddy hosting works with Wordpress’ permalinks function, many of whom claim one thing or another about how this tool works (or doesn’t work). But I’d like to clear the air on the misconceptions. So, first let me explain some of the misconceptions surrounding GoDaddy and Worpress permalinks, then explain how you can get permalinks working on your Godaddy hosted Wordpress blog.