Go 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
TheHill.com Covers Stearns’ Visit to TRAFFIC Plus Domain Lobbying
· Policy & LawInfluential political web site discusses domain name industry involvement in politics. The popular political site TheHill.com -- which gets well over a million unique visitors a month -- has published a post about Rep. Cliff Stearns' (R-Fla.) visit to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy.com’s Size Comes Back to Haunt it in uBid Court Case
· Domain RegistrarsCourt rules that world's largest domain name registrar can face a lawsuit in Illinois. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has dealt a blow to domain name registrar Go Daddy, deciding that Go Daddy should face a cybersquatting ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Go Daddy’s Patent Portfolio Could Be Big Draw in Sale
· Domain RegistrarsCompany holds patents in e-commerce, domain registration, and internet spaces. I've written numerous times about Go Daddy's patent applications. It seems like each time people chastise the company for filing its patents. But the company's patent ... Continue Reading5 Comments
GoDaddy Files Patent App for Generating Domains Based on Current Events
· Domain RegistrarsSystem would make it easy to register domains based on current events such as oil spills, earthquakes, etc. The Go Daddy Group has filed two concurrent patent applications for a system of generating domain name ideas based on current events. In the ... Continue Reading7 Comments
$100k Go Daddy Commercial Winner Pulled Ad Together in 19 Days
· Domain RegistrarsTeam pulls together winning TV commercial in 19 days. 19 days. That's how much time the winners of Go Daddy's TV commercial contest had to pull it all together once they heard about the domain name registrar's contest. But for producer Jessie ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy Files Patent App for “Jointly Auctioning Expiring Domain Names”
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar files patent applications related to helping owners of expired domains sell them. Domain name registrar Go Daddy has filed two patents describing a system for jointly selling an expiring domain name in conjunction with the current owner of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Go Daddy Sells 778.com for $23,000
· Domain SalesGo Daddy cracks the five figure mark with three digit domain. Go Daddy Auctions, still often referred to as TDNAM in domainer circles, is known for selling a high volume of domains but rarely very valuable ones. This past week was an exception as ... Continue Reading2 Comments