How to protect your domains from theft. Continuing on a theme of security related posts this week, I reached out to Director of Go Daddy Domain Services Camille Ede to find out what its customers can do to prevent domain theft. Specifically, I wanted ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Cn Pullout is a Business Decision, Not Political [Updated]
· Policy & LawPublic misunderstands reasons for .cn pullout. [Update: see comments from Go Daddy Group Executive Vice-President and General Counsel Christine Jones.] I really don't think Go Daddy was trying to pull off a publicity stunt yesterday with its testimony ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Go Daddy Dropping .Cn, But Not China
· Policy & LawGo Daddy drops .cn, but Chinese can still register domain names at the registrar. In a hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China today in Washington, Go Daddy Group Executive Vice-President and General Counsel Christine Jones ... Continue Reading2 Comments
The Worst Domain Name Promotion of All Time
· Domain RegistrarsWhatever happened to the Dotster Dots? There have been a lot of bad stunts, publicity attempts, and ads put out by domain name registrars. But one of them stands out as perhaps the worst of all time: The Dotster Dots. Dotster was one of the first ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Fact Check: UK Registrar World’s Largest New Domain Name Supplier?
· Domain RegistrarsReviewing the numbers behind DomainMonster's claim. Yesterday domain name registrar DomainMonster.com sent out a press release "UK Company Confirmed as World's Largest New Domain Name Supplier". According to the release, Measured by the largest ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Go Daddy Set to Hit 40 Million Domains Milestone on Wednesday
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy set to hit another milestone. [Update: Go Daddy hit the milestone earlier today.] About six months after crossing the 30 million domain name mark, The Go Daddy Group is set to surpass 40 million domains under management, most likely on ... Continue Reading14 Comments
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
How Go Daddy Can Court Domainers
· Domain RegistrarsLove 'em or hate 'em, a better partnership between domainers and the world's biggest registrar would benefit the industry. GoDaddy is the most loved domain name registrar. Ironically, it's probably the most hated registrar at the same time. ... Continue Reading24 Comments
GoDaddy Manages to Get SuperBowl Ad Banned
· Domain RegistrarsOne ad banned, but others approved. Phew, that was a close call. GoDaddy's media strategy around Super Bowl ads was almost thrown into the air as CBS approved some of its risque ads. Without a banned or censored ad, that would mean less pre-game ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Morality in Media Gives GoDaddy a Boost
· Domain RegistrarsCensorship organization asks parents to visit Go Daddy's web site. Brilliant. Go Daddy made a name for itself with Super Bowl commercials. But it wasn't just advertising in the big game that brought attention. The real value was in pre-Super Bowl ... Continue Reading6 Comments