Analysis of Go Daddy's Standard Tactics subsidiary. UPDATE 12/17/08: GoDaddy is shutting down Standard Tactics. It's been five days since Domain Name Wire published its expose on The Go Daddy Group's subsidiary Standard Tactics LLC. Judging from ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Standard Tactics, LLC: How GoDaddy Profits from Expired Domains
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy goes to great lengths to hide its expired domain warehousing operations. UPDATE 12/17/08: GoDaddy is shutting down Standard Tactics. Scottsdale, Arizona based The Go Daddy Group, which runs the world's largest domain name registrar ... Continue Reading147 Comments
New Registrars Added to RegistrarJudge.com
· Domain Registrars7 more registrars added to domain name registrar review site. Six more registrars are available for reviewing at Registrar Judge, Domain Name Wire's sister site. Domainers can now review ResellerClub, Dynadot, Gandi.net, DomainDiscover, Joker.com, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy Increases Default Registration Period to 5 Years
· Domain RegistrarsBe careful as you click through checkout on GoDaddy. If you're used to quickly clicking through the GoDaddy checkout process to register domains, be warned: the default registration period has changed to 5 years. The graphic below shows the default ... Continue Reading17 Comments
.Tel Has Benefits, But Many Challenges
· ServicesIn an interview with Telnic, I learned more about the top level domain and its benefits. The first time I wrote about .tel was back in 2006 when it was approved by ICANN. I wasn't a big fan of it back then. I wrote about it again earlier this week, ... Continue Reading19 Comments
GoDaddy Gets Stolen Domain Name Back to Owner
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar secures popular blog domain for real owner. It's every web site owner's worst nightmare: having a domain name stolen and the thief holding it for ransom. That's what recently happened to MakeUseOf.com, a popular blog about web ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy Tests Parking Pages on 404 Pages
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy tries monetizing error pages with parked pages, but will discontinue practice. GoDaddy is concluding a test in which it ran parked domain name ads on error pages of its customers free hosting accounts. The tests were limited and only showed ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Site Parodies Sarah Palin and GoDaddy: But How Would Bob Vote?
· Domain RegistrarsGoMilfy.com uses GoDaddy look to parody Sarah Palin. DNForum member Acro has done a great job parodying Sarah Palin using the same look of GoDaddy's web site: The attention to detail is stunning and hilarious. Be sure to check out Acro's ... Continue Reading10 Comments
GoDaddy Releases SmartSpace Based on Patent Filing
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's new product linked to recent patent filings. A few months ago I noticed that GoDaddy filed a few patents related to social networking portals. GoDaddy just released SmartSpace, which appears to be include features referenced by the patent ... Continue Reading1 Comment
DBS: Domain Name Sales Up
· Domain SalesDomain name company sees robust domain names sales. I've written several times about how Dark Blue Sea (ASX: DBS.AX), parent company of Fabulous, has seen a massive drop in domain parking revenue. But what I haven't highlighted is growth in the ... Continue Reading3 Comments