A long time fixture at Go Daddy is moving on. Christine Jones, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Go Daddy, will leave the company Friday after 10 years. Jones managed all legal affairs for the company and frequently represented the company ... Continue Reading3 Comments
DNW Interview: Go Daddy applies for .godaddy and two other TLDs
· Domain RegistrarsWarren Adelman discloses new TLD applications and discusses the challenges of offering more domain choices to customers. Go Daddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, has applied for three top level domains, CEO Warren Adelman told Domain Name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy rocks on with Kid Rock (video)
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy party transforms Chase Field into amusement park. Every year Go Daddy spends millions of dollars on a holiday party for its employees at Chase Field in Phoenix. This year it expanded with a road show in Iowa and Colorado, but the big show in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Co to return to Super Bowl in GoDaddy commercial
· Domain Registrars.Co to be featured in GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial. The .co top level domain name will get heavy exposure at the Super Bowl for a second year in a row. Today domain name registrar GoDaddy announced that one of its two commercials in next year's ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Go Daddy Poised to Hit 50 Million Domain Milestone Next Week
· Domain RegistrarsA big milestone for the biggest domain name registrar. The Go Daddy Group, which includes domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, is likely to cross the 50 million domain milestone next week. The company hit 45 million domains registered just nine months ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Go Daddy Gets Gripe Site NoDaddy.com
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy gets control of NoDaddy.com domain name. GoDaddy.com now owns NoDaddy.com, Kevin Murphy reports for The Register. NoDaddy.com was set up as a gripe site after the domain registrar suspended the registration of security mailing list ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Bob Parsons Explains Go Daddy – KKR Deal to Domain Name Wire
· Domain RegistrarsInvestment makes 36 millionaires, will help company expand overseas and acquire complementary businesses. I just got off the phone with GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons, who explained the deal his company just struck with KKR, Silver Lake, and ... Continue Reading29 Comments
GoDaddy.com Goes Down for “Several Hours” Last Night
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar's web site goes down. [Updated story to reflect timeline as last night, not this morning. Note that if you still can't reach GoDaddy.com it's probably your ISP's cache. You can test any site here to see if it's just you. Also, ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Go Daddy Triples Auction Fees to 15%
· Domain SalesAuction fees go up as domains get more exposure. Go Daddy Auctions has increased its sales commission three-fold from 5% to 15%. This change was noticed by Hybrid Domainer earlier today. The auction price increase makes sense given that auction ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Go Daddy Files Patent Apps for “Redirecting to a Book Web Site”
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar files two applications for ideas related to helping people find book web sites. Go Daddy has filed two patent applications related to helping web users connect to book web sites. U.S. applications 12/625892 and 12/625919 (pdf) provide for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment