Go Daddy's security team stops perpetrator; about 1,000 accounts affected. GoDaddy.com, the world's largest domain name registrar, has thwarted an attack by a person who gained access to customer information. The company discovered that someone ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy Takes on eBay, Amazon.com, and Yahoo
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy plans to open online selling site. In direct competition with eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), domain registrar Go Daddy is launching a marketplace dubbed "Go Daddy Marketplace" for people to buy and ... Continue Reading19 Comments
NBC Approves Two Go Daddy Ads for Super Bowl
· Domain RegistrarsApproval comes well in advance of big game. Domain registrar GoDaddy has a history of butting heads with networks over its Super Bowl commercials. This year is no different, although NBC has given the green light for two GoDaddy ads well in advance of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy Brings Humor to Company Mistakes
· Domain RegistrarsThe Go Daddy Group CEO Bob Parsons brings a laugh to last year's controversial issues. Last week I saw in my RSS reader that GoDaddy had published its latest Bob Parsons video blog including his "ding dong" awards for the past year. I assumed that he ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy Donates $1.7 Million to Charity
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy tops last year's giving by $300,000. With all of the negative news I've written about Go Daddy this year, it's nice to end the year on an up note. Today the company announced that its total philanthropic giving for the year is $1.7M, topping ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Top 10 Domain Name Wire Stories of 2008
· UncategorizedAs the year crawls to a close, here's a look back at the most viewed stories of 2008. Good riddance. That's what most people are saying to 2008. After losing half their retirement savings, seeing the value of their homes plummet, and fearing for ... Continue Reading4 Comments
The Perils of Trying to Go Public
· ServicesNameMedia's withdrawn IPO more painful than it looks. It may appear that NameMedia's decision last week to to drop its planned initial public offering is just a temporary setback. Aside from the costs of filing its S-1 to go public, going on the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Go Daddy To Shut Down Standard Tactics, LLC
· UncategorizedStandard Tactics and 60-day lock discussed on Radio Go Daddy. I just concluded my interview with Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons on his internet radio show. It is available for on demand listening RadioGoDaddy.com. Perhaps the biggest news that came out ... Continue Reading43 Comments
GoDaddy Changes Expired Domain Pricing
· Expired DomainsIn response to Standard Tactics coverage, GoDaddy has changed starting bids on TDNAM auctions. Last week I mentioned that GoDaddy was making a change to its TDNAM auctions based on some of my commentary on Standard Tactics. In my commentary I had ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Domain Name Wire on Go Daddy Radio Show
· Domain RegistrarsI'll have an open talk with Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons next week. I've written a lot of good things about domain registrar GoDaddy over the past few years. But I've also called the company out numerous times when it did no-so-good things: such as ... Continue Reading25 Comments