Domain registrar expands footprint in Iowa. Domain name registrar GoDaddy is bulking up its customer service operations near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The new customer service facility should be running by this spring. The company is looking to hire 60 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
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
Go Daddy Scores Victory to Benefit Domain Registrars and Internet Companies
· Policy & LawCourt dismisses case with prejudice over jurisdiction. Go Daddy Group has scored a legal victory involving jurisdiction, which should be a sigh of relief for other domain name registrars, parking companies, and even the internet industry as a ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Go Daddy Files Patents for Enhanced Whois and DNS Records
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy files three patents for whois and DNS. Go Daddy Group, Inc., parent company of domain name registrar GoDaddy, has filed three patents related to interactive and enhanced whois and DNS records. The three applications were published by the ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Domain Names a Topic on Capitol Hill Thursday
· Policy & LawHearing to discuss ICANN's future will be held Thursday. Domain names, specifically ICANN, will be discussed tomorrow in Washington. The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a congressional hearing tomorrow ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Woman Sues GoDaddy for Alleged Discrimination
· Domain RegistrarsFormer employee alleges company ignored complaints about harassment. A former GoDaddy employee has sued the company in U.S. District Court, alleging it discriminated against her after she complained of sexual harassment. In the lawsuit, Rachel ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Go Daddy Takes Different Approach to Apps
· ServicesGo Daddy develops its own hosted applications. Go Daddy recently released a customer relationship management (CRM) application. The news isn't that Go Daddy launched a web-based CRM app. It's that Go Daddy continues to offer more online software ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Go Daddy Awarded Three New Patents
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy gets three new patents, bringing total to five. The Go Daddy Group, Inc, parent company of domain registrar GoDaddy, has been awardedthree new patents this month. Based on a search of "Go Daddy" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Go ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy Promotes Its Own Service When Switching Nameservers
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar offers its own competing service when changing nameservers. Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com is promoting its own domain parking service "Cash Parking" to customers who attempt to change a domain's nameservers to a competing domain ... Continue Reading10 Comments