Bob Parsons talks to a standing-room only crowd at DOMAINfest. He carries a rock star persona. And he's definitely a rock star to the domain name industry. Monday afternoon Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons told his story -- from his troubles in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Video and Highlights from Go Daddy’s $4M Holiday Bash
· Domain RegistrarsScenes from a four million dollar holiday party. Go Daddy held its annual holiday party at Chase Field in Phoenix on Saturday evening. In this video you'll see some highlights from the night. You'll also wonder if the event really took place at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Brilliant: Bob Parsons to Keynote DOMAINfest
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy founder to give keynote presentation at DOMAINfest. I didn't see this coming, but it's brilliant: Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons will keynote February's DOMAINfest Global conference in Santa Monica. DOMAINfest is run by Oversee.net, which ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Queen Cancels Holiday Party, But Go Daddy Goes All In
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar to continue tradition of big holiday parties. The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek has a story titled "The End of the Office Holiday Party" that prominently features domain name registrar Go Daddy. The article starts off by ... Continue Reading6 Comments
WSJ: Go Daddy No Longer for Sale
· Domain RegistrarsWorld's largest domain name registrar supposedly no longer for sale. The Wall Street Journal, which originally reported that domain name registrar GoDaddy was for sale, is now saying the company is off the market. The Journal reports that the ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Political Attack Video Associates Candidate with Bob Parsons
· Domain RegistrarsAttack juxtaposes conservative candidate with "porn domain name seller". A political attack ad by a group known as "Coalition for Iowa Values" is going after an Iowa Republican congressional primary candidate by associating him with Go Daddy's Bob ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons Buys Cher’s House
· Domain RegistrarsBob Parsons buys house at auction for $8.72 million. According to The Wall Street Journal, Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons just bought a house in Hawaii owned by singer Cher. The house went up for auction, and Parsons was the winning bidder at ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Go Daddy Revenue Tops $750 Million
· Domain RegistrarsA look behind the numbers at the world's biggest domain name registrar. Bob Parsons has more tosmile about than just theGo Daddy Girls.Yesterday I wrote about Go Daddy's revenue for 2009, and I extrapolated that the company grossed $600 million this ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Go Daddy Goes Big with $3 Million Holiday Party and Record Donations
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy throws big party and makes major charitable contributions. Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons certainly lives by the "go big or go home" mantra. As evidence, his company topped last year's $2 million holiday party with a $3 million party this year. ... Continue Reading9 Comments
.Me at 250,000: What’s Next?
· Domain Registrars250,000 .me domain names have been registered. Here's what it means. 250,000 .me domain names have been registered since its relaunch earlier this year. I draw two conclusions from this. First, it shows the power a registrar has in pushing a ... Continue Reading7 Comments
