Attack 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
GoDaddy Launches YouTube Competitor at Video.me
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar launches a video sharing service on .me domain name. GoDaddy has launched a video sharing service at Video.me, just the latest .me domain name that the company (which has a stake in the .me registry) has created a product ... Continue Reading3 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
Beware GoDaddy Whois Update Phishing Scheme
· Domain RegistrarsScam makes its rounds with a new phishing URL. [Updated: Go Daddy has successfully shut down the phishing site. But the offender will surely just set up another. So here are a couple points from Go Daddy: -Official Go Daddy e-mails will always ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Go Daddy User Generated Ads Hit the Mark
· Domain RegistrarsCommercials show what Go Daddy actually does. That's refreshing. Last month I lamented that most of the submissions to Go Daddy's commercial contest followed the same-old GoDaddy script. Now that the ten finalists have been selected, I've changed my ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Go Daddy Files Trademarks, Tips Its Hand
· Domain RegistrarsTrademarks might show what domain name registrar is up to. GoDaddy has filed a number of trademarks in the past couple months -- some of which may foreshadow new services from the company. First, the company filed a pair of trademark applications ... Continue Reading6 Comments
GoDaddy Sells BusinessTube.com for $25,000
· Domain SalesRegistrar sells another five figure domain name through Go Daddy Auctions. GoDaddy has sold the domain name BusinessTube.com through its Go Daddy Auctions (aka TDNAM) platform for $25,000. The domain name was registered back in 2006 and just purchased ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Go Daddy Class Action News is Actually Good for the Company
· Domain RegistrarsCase isn't new, just moved closer to Go Daddy headquarters. CourthouseNews.com is reporting that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Go Daddy for showing pay-per-click ads on registrant's "coming soon" pages. This actually isn't a new ... Continue Reading11 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
Foursquare Admits Its Expired Domain Name Mistake
· Domain RegistrarsPopular location based social networking company forgets to renew its domain name. Kudos to social networking site Foursquare, which freely admitted this morning on Twitter that it messed up and didn't renew its domain name. Based on the ... Continue Reading6 Comments