Tag Archives: GoDaddy

Tue 26th March 2013
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The entrance change in domain name search - Registrars are preparing domain search for new top level domain names. Sometime this year a key element of the domain search box at GoDaddy.com will disappear: the drop down box containing top level domains such as .com. It may seem like a subtle change, but it’s indicative of a big shift coming in domain search and discovery necessitated by the launch of hundreds of new top level domains. Domain registrars must figure out how to present the most relevant domain ... read more ...
Mon 25th March 2013
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With 3 days to go, TS.org leads 1-2 impression .org auction during $2,475 - Go Daddy’s auction of one and two character .org domain names ends on Thursday, and plenty of the lower priced domains are seeing action. Go Daddy’s .org auction is part of Public Interest Registry’s Project 94. Up to 94 one and two character .org domains will be allocated.[Update: the auction has been extended until April 4.] As of the time of posting, TS.org has the highest bid at $2,475 with 5 bidders and 16 bids. Other two character domains, including b3.org, ... read more ...
Fri 15th March 2013
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Verisign Over 1,300 .Com & .Net Pope Domains Registered - A few days ago Godaddy.com the world’s largest domain registrar reported that 479 Pope related domain names were registered within the first hour after the announcement. Today the .com/.net Registry Verisign reported that “between the time Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation and the choosing of Pope Francis I, there were more than 1,300 new domains registered across the .com and .net top level domains with keywords related to the papacy”. On a related note the Chicago lawyer Chris Connors, ... read more ...
Wed 13th March 2013
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Pope Domains: Godaddy Reports Almost 500 Domain Registrations Within 1st Hour - Godaddy is reporting that the election of Pope Francis is causing 100′s of new domain name registration within the 1st hour of the election. “Keywords such as Pope, Francis, Bergoglio and Habemus Papam were used in identifying the new domain names registered with Go Daddy.” “In the first hour 479 domains were registered with Go Daddy” At TheDomains.com we already reported on some of the domain name registrations that took place just minutes after the renouncement.   Google+Michael ... read more ...
Wed 6th March 2013
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Godaddy By The Numbers: 55 Million Domains Under Management - Some really interesting numbers are coming out of the Godaddy Registry Days conference in Arizona today. The numbers are just huge all around for the company that was started in 1997 didn’t sell its first domain until 2000 Almost 55 Million domains are under management, which is more than the next 10 largest registrars combined. 68% of registrations are .Com Selling 70+ extensions today. Godaddy.com registers 50,000 domain names per day 1.6-1.8 domains are registrations every second. 80 million ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy Dropping New gTLD Applications for .Home & .Casa - At the Godaddy new gTLD Registry Days event today it announced it would be withdrawing its applications for .home and .casa. We want to concentrate and be just a registrar for all new gTLD’s so we are withdrawing our applications for the new gTLD’s for .Home .Casa. Another big move by Godaddy.com but one which makes a lot of  sense for the company which doesn’t want to potentially go into an auction with companies it hopes to do business with as a registrar for other strings. After the applications ... read more ...
 
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Breaking: GoDaddy To Drop .Com From Logo -                 At the Godaddy Registry Days conference, Godaddy.com announced that they will be dropping the .com off their logo over a period to time just to read “Godaddy”. “10 years from now we will look back at a world where every domain name ended in a .com like our kids look at record players” said Blake Irving the CEO of Godaddy. As the world is moving away from a .com world, we are changing our logo to remove the .com and make it just Godaddy. Having listened to Mr. Irving ... read more ...
Fri 1st March 2013
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GoDaddy.com Aftermarket Sells 34,132 Domain Names In February - Godaddy.com sold 34,132 domain names through its Aftermarket/Auction system in February down slightly from January when it sold 35,803. February sales were led by Xe.co which sold for $37,500 Here are the top 10 sales for February as listed on Godaddy.com site:   freebies.org is a domain name that we sold. Of the 34,132 domain names sold: 683 Offer/Counter-Offer 18,379 Auction 15,070 Buy Now Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Thu 28th February 2013
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Domainers give curtsy to NameJet for lapsed domains - NameJet selected as best service for expired domain names. When it comes to snagging expired domain names, NameJet gets top billing amongst domain investors. 33% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s 8th annual survey said NameJet is the best expired domain service. NameJet, a partnership between Demand Media and Web.com, has exclusive access to the expired domain stream from some of the older registrars including Web.com companies Network Solutions and Register.com. ... read more ...
Mon 18th February 2013
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Approval To Bid On 1 & 2 Character .Org Domains At Godaddy.com Opens Today - Go Daddy will be auctioning off  42 rare, valuable one- and two-character .org registry owned domain names as part of Project 94. However the registry,  Public Interest Registry (PIR) set aside these .org domain names for registrants who embody its core values. Starting today, if you want to participate in the auction, you can request approval on the .org Event Auction page. We recommend requesting approval before the auction begins on March 18, 2013. The last day to request approval is March 25, ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2013
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Forget “The Kiss”: GoDaddy.co Super Bowl blurb was a genuine winner - YourBigIdea.co drove more business activity than Bar Rafaeli’s kiss. Go Daddy ran two commercials during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The one that’s getting the most media attention is Perfect Match — aka “The Kiss”, in which supermodel Bar Rafaeli kisses ubernerd Jesse Heiman. But is that commercial the one that resulted in a flood of business at Go Daddy on Sunday and the company having its biggest sales day ever on Monday? It turns out more credit should ... read more ...
Tue 5th February 2013
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Humorous Twitter review between Name.com and Go Daddy - Two domain registrars have fun with each other on Twitter. One thing Name.com does better than most (all?) domain name registrars is have a good social media presence. It has the right mix between humor, special offers, and support. Name.com also likes to take jabs at Go Daddy, like this parody Super Bowl commercial. So I found this Twitter conversation between @namedotcom and @godaddy rather humorous. (Note: this conversation is from before the Super Bowl.) I hope ... read more ...
Mon 4th February 2013
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According to Tivo, Godaddy’s Ad Was A Big Winner - According to TechCrunch.com, citing data from Tivo, Godaddy.com Ad was one of the top 10 most “engaging” ads. The data based on “second-by-second audience measurement data from over 30,000 anonymous households using TiVo, TiVo’s Research and Analytics arm narrowed down the top ten most engaging ads of the big game”. “This is measured by how many users were watching at “play” speed, as well as whether or not there was a bump in viewership during the ads, relative to the surrounding ... read more ...
Fri 1st February 2013
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Wow: a Bar Refaeli Go Daddy Super Bowl commercial - People will be talking about this commercial Monday morning. Wow. I have a feeling this commercial will be more talked about than many of Go Daddy’s previous Super Bowl commercials. That’s despite this ad not having any nudity or suggestions that you can “see more” if you go to GoDaddy.com. It’s got enough of that “ewww” factor and chock value that people will react to the commercial. I’ve got to wonder how much they paid Bar Refaeli for this one. ... read more ...
Wed 19th December 2012
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.Co Registry Announces It’s 3rd Super Bowl With Godaddy.com - For the third year in a row, Go Daddy is teaming up with the .CO domain to create a 2013 Super Bowl commercial. The 30-second ad is set to feature Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick, but that’s about all either company is revealing about the commercial at this point. In a press release issued today Godaddy said that  “.CO is one of the fastest-growing domain name extensions on the Internet and is a commonly referenced abbreviation for ‘company.’ Juan Diego Calle, CEO and Founder of .CO Internet ... read more ...
Sat 15th December 2012
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Godaddy Issues Statement In Support Of US Opposition To ITU Treaty - GoDaddy.com which found it on the wrong side  last year in its initial support of SOPA issued a statement today in its “steadfast support of the U.S. government’s position opposing the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) treaty and a last-minute resolution aimed at relinquishing control of the Internet to the United Nations”. Godaddy went on to say: “The U.S. government, along with several Internet companies including Google and Go Daddy, has adamantly opposed new government controls ... read more ...
Tue 11th December 2012
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Go Daddy names Blake Irving CEO - Domain registrar names its new CEO. Go Daddy has named former Chief Product Officer of Yahoo! and long time Microsoft executive Blake Irving as its new CEO effective January 7, 2013. He replaces interim CEO Scott Wagner, who replaced Warren Adelman in July. Irving will also join the company’s board of directors. Irving was most recently at Yahoo, where he was Chief Product Officer. He left that post in April, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was with Microsoft ... read more ...
 
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Cancer.info hits $11,000, heading .info domain auction - .Info auction attracting serious bids with three days to go. Cancer.info is leading the way at the Afilias .info auction at Go Daddy. Bidding on the domain name has reached $11,005 with 17 different bidders placing 87 bids. The auction features over 100 domain names that were claimed during the .info trademark sunrise period in 2001. The sunrise claims were later invalidated and .info registry Afilias has held the domain names ever since. Bidding on all domains starts ... read more ...
Mon 10th December 2012
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Video: Go Daddy holiday celebration featuring B-52s - Go Daddy distributes millions in donations and prizes at annual holiday party. Go Daddy held its annual holiday party in Phoenix this weekend. As usual, it was a bit over the top. It opened with a Psy impersonator who’s Gangnam Style performance was apparently good enough to fool some in the audience. The headline band this year was the B-52s. Go Daddy and The Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation presented the Semper Fi Fund with checks totaling $2 million, some of ... read more ...
Tue 4th December 2012
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.Info Premium Auction Under Way On Godaddy.com - A premium 10 day .info domain name auction just got underway at Godaddy.com All of the domains start at $100 bidding and include some nice one word .info domains including: bank.info doctor.info finance.info legal.info tax.info broadway.info cancer.info airline.info City.info You can see all the 106 .info domain in this special auction  here Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 16th November 2012
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Go Daddy creates speedier payments for Premium Listings, adds new remuneration options - Premium Listings will now be paid faster and by more than just checks. Go Daddy’s Premium Listing service, which lets you offer domains for sale in the registration path — is a big part of many domainers’ business models. The big drawback has been slow payments, which can take up to 45 days to arrive. Go Daddy is finally speeding up payments and offering more payment options. You can now get your payments by ACH, PayPal, your Good as Gold account, or old fashioned ... read more ...
Tue 13th November 2012
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GoDaddy masks lapsed domain whois to forestall auction circumvention - Contact information made private after domain expires. GoDaddy.com has started masking contact information in whois records of expired domains in an effort to prevent people from circumventing auctions and bothering domain owners. The move, which the company announced today, is aimed at cutting down on email domain investors send to owners of expired domains. Domain investors see an expired domain auction for a domain they want and then contact the owner directly ... read more ...
Fri 9th November 2012
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Godaddy.com To Have 2 Super Bowl Commercials Both Starting Danica Patrick - During a Go Daddy news conference today, Bob Parsons, the company’s Executive Chairman and Founder, ended speculation about whether Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick would be in this year’s Super Bowl commercial. Parsons announced Danica will be in both of Go Daddy’s two thirty-second Super Bowl ads next year. Parsons did not specify the creative content. Danica has been in more Super Bowl ads than any other celebrity in Super Bowl history. (10 commercials — all with Go Daddy) The news conference ... read more ...
Fri 2nd November 2012
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GoDaddy and AOL sued over email patents - Ziplink claims companies’ email services infringe its patents. A Connecticut company sued domain name registrar and hosting company Go Daddy yesterday in federal district court. Ziplink, Inc. alleges that Go Daddy’s email services infringe two of its patents. Go Daddy is in good company on this one. Ziplink also sued AOL yesterday. Its first patent infringement target was Microsoft, in which Ziplink argued that Hotmail violated its patents. The two patents in ... read more ...
Thu 25th October 2012
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Go Daddy files obvious applications for geo domain idea tools - Patent applications are related to geo domain search tool released in 2009. In 2009 Go Daddy released a geo domain research tool to help domainers find local domains, such as cityHotels.com. The tool is online at geo.godaddy.com/. The company subsequently filed three patent applications covering various ways to generate geographic-specific related domain names. These three applications were filed in 2011 but just published today. The applications are: SUGGESTING DOMAIN ... read more ...