Tag Archives: GoDaddy

Tue 1st June 2010
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$100k Go Daddy Commercial Winner Pulled Ad Together in 19 Days - Team 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 Ottolini, director Francis De La Torre, and writer Lisa Waugh, it was worth the stress — they’re now a hundred thousand dollars richer and have been pushed onto the national television commercial stage almost overnight. I ... read more ...
Sat 29th May 2010
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Beware GoDaddy Whois Update Phishing Scheme - Scam 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 address you by name, unlike those from phishers (who do not know this information). -Customers are also reminded never to provide credentials to an unsecure website. Always make sure the web address starts with “https:” ... read more ...
Mon 17th May 2010
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Go Daddy User Generated Ads Hit a Mark - Commercials 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 mind. Sure, most of the finalist commercials use some sort of sex appeal, but the majority of the message is on how Go Daddy can help you get online. The visuals actually make you pay attention to the idea of ... read more ...
Tue 11th May 2010
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Go Daddy Files Trademarks, Tips Its Hand - Trademarks 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 for its new slogan “Domains, websites, and everything* in between”. The company started using the new slogan back in March according to the applications. A few days later it filed an application for the graphic version ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Sells BusinessTube.com for $25,000 - Registrar 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 by a California man. A visit to BusinessTube.com shows a logo with a message that the site will be going online this summer. Here are some other sales Go Daddy made in the past two weeks: PianoPlace.com $9,500 GarageBuilders.com ... read more ...
Mon 3rd May 2010
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Go Daddy Class Action News is Actually Good for a Company - Case 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 case and the latest development actually represents a win for Go Daddy. The case was filed back in 2007 in Arkansas by Barry Crabb and Matthew McBride. The two Texas residents had used computers in Arkansas to ... read more ...
Thu 29th April 2010
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GoDaddy Files Patent App for “Jointly Auctioning Expiring Domain Names” - Registrar 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 the domain name. United States Patent publications 2010/0106650 and 2010/0106616 describe a system whereby a deal is struck between the owners of expiring domain names and a domain seller to sell the domain names and ... read more ...
Fri 26th March 2010
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Foursquare Admits Its Expired Domain Name Mistake - Popular 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 language of the tweet, it appears that Foursquare may have had an old credit card on file with domain name registrar GoDaddy. Or perhaps its email address in whois at master@foursquare.com no longer worked. Compare Foresquare’s ... read more ...
Thu 25th March 2010
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.Cn Pullout is a Business Decision, Not Political [Updated] - Public misunderstands reasons for .cn pullout. [Update: see comments from Go Daddy Group Executive Vice-President and General Counsel Christine Jones.] I really don’t think Go Daddy was trying to pull off a publicity stunt yesterday with its testimony before a Congressional Commission yesterday. GoDaddy announced it was no longer offering China’s .cn domain name, and clearly laid out the hassle it would have to undertake to continue offering the domain name. But ... read more ...
Thu 4th March 2010
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Go Daddy Wants Patent for Selling Business Cards with Domain Names - Company files patent application for cross-selling business cards based on registrant information. The Go Daddy Group, parent company of domain name registrar GoDaddy, has filed two patent applications related to ordering business cards along with a domain name registration. U.S. patent applications 12/202919 (pdf) and 12/202956 (pdf) describe a method of using information collected during the domain name registration process to help generate — and cross-sell ... read more ...
Thu 25th February 2010
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Survey: Innovation Coming to Domain Sales - Companies provide innovative twists on domain selling. Which company is most innovative when it comes to selling domain names in the aftermarket? The results show a handful of newer companies are innovating in the selling process — and attracting attention from domainers. The top response in this year’s Domain Name Wire survey (by a long shot) this year was Sedo. After that are three companies, two of which are smaller upstarts: Rick Latona and Bido. Rick ... read more ...
Tue 23rd February 2010
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How Go Daddy Can Court Domainers - Love ‘em or hate ‘em, a better partnership between domainers and the world’s biggest registrar would benefit the industry. GoDaddy is the most loved domain name registrar. Ironically, it’s probably the most hated registrar at the same time. Respondents to DNW’s annual survey have selected GoDaddy.com as the best registrar for five years running. But it’s also true that a lot of domainers avoid the registrar like the plague. It would be great if GoDaddy ... read more ...
Tue 16th February 2010
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Sedo and GoDaddy Tops for Domain Sales - Where’s the best place to sell domain names online? Sedo and GoDaddy have been selected as the two best online domain name sales venues in the 2010 Domain Name Wire Survey. Sedo’s position at the top of the charts is nothing new — it took 40% of the vote. But this is down from 48% last year. Where did those 8% go? Well, more people are flocking to GoDaddy. Here are the top five: 1. Sedo 40% 2. GoDaddy 13% 3. NameMedia (Afternic, BuyDomains) 10% 4. Forums ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy, Neustar, IPC Say No to Nairobi Meeting - Groups back out of Nairobi meeting over security concerns; will test limits of remote participation systems. Domain name registrar Go Daddy, registry Neustar, and the Intellectual Property Constituency have all informed ICANN that they will not be attending the upcoming meeting in Nairobi due to security concerns. Security has been a major concern for the meeting, but was escalated last week after it became known that a suicide bomb attack was planned against the ... read more ...
Wed 10th February 2010
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For GoDaddy, Last Place is Better than Middle of a Pack - Analyzing Super Bowl commercial results for the world’s biggest domain name registrar. Another year, another GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial media circus. And that’s just how the company likes it. This year was no different than past. The company created a stir. Big props to Morality in Media for sending out a x-rated news release on Christian Newswire telling parents to keep their kids away from GoDaddy’s commercials (while simultaneously telling parents to ... read more ...
Mon 8th February 2010
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GoDaddy Rated Best Domain Registrar (Again) - Go Daddy pulls in top honors in this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. Getting buzz from Super Bowl commercials isn’t the only thing domain name registrar Go Daddy does well. For the fifth year in a row, the registrar has been rated best registrar in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. This year 41% of those survey said Go Daddy was the best domain name registrar. Here are the top five vote-getters: 1. GoDaddy 41% 2. Moniker 16% 3. Fabulous 11% 4. eNom 5% 5. ... read more ...
Thu 4th February 2010
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GoDaddy Forced to Pull Another SuperBowl Commercial - Another commercial problem for Go Daddy. There’s more controversy with GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercials, but this time it actually may not have been planned. The company planned to air an ad called “movies” during Sunday’s game. The ad showed Danica Patrick performing a couple scenes from iconic movies. But apparently GoDaddy ran into licensing problems with some of the movie studios with scenes portrayed in the commercial. So the company yanked the commercial. Instead, ... read more ...
Thu 28th January 2010
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GoDaddy Manages to Get SuperBowl Ad Banned - One ad banned, but others approved. Phew, that was a close call. GoDaddy’s media strategy around Super Bowl ads was almost thrown into the air as CBS approved some of its risque ads. Without a banned or censored ad, that would mean less pre-game media coverage. But thanks to “Lola”, a flamboyant ex-football player turned fashion designer, GoDaddy can live another day. The ad is somewhat humorous, in typical GoDaddy fashion. Unlike prior years, GoDaddy didn’t ... read more ...
Wed 6th January 2010
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GoDaddy Gets Patent for Domain Name Reseller and Affiliate Program - Domain name registrar picks up patent for domain name reseller programs. The USPTO has granted The Go Daddy Group, Inc, parent company of GoDaddy, a patent for “Turnkey reseller program for registering domain names”. The patent describes a system for both turnkey and API-based domain name reseller programs: A reseller program may be used to increase the number of Customer desired domain names that are registered by a Registrar. There are two main embodiments ... read more ...
Tue 15th December 2009
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Go Daddy Revenue Tops $750 Million - A look behind the numbers at the world’s biggest domain name registrar. Bob Parsons has more tosmile about than just theGo Daddy Girls. Yesterday I wrote about Go Daddy’s revenue for 2009, and I extrapolated that the company grossed $600 million this year. That’s an incredible number — but the real number is even higher. In his opening remarks at the Go Daddy holiday party this past weekend, CEO Bob Parsons announced that the company has topped $750 million ... read more ...
Mon 14th December 2009
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Go Daddy Goes Big with $3 Million Holiday Party and Record Donations - Go Daddy throws big party and makes major charitable contributions. Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons certainly lives by the “go big or go home” mantra. As evidence, his company topped last year’s $2 million holiday party with a $3 million party this year. The event was held last Saturday night at Chase Field in Phoenix. Among the notable guests were boxer Muhammad Ali, a friend of Bob Parsons and Shane Tews, VP VeriSign Global Public Policy Govt. Relations. The ... read more ...
Tue 1st December 2009
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GoDaddy Scores Another Whois Privacy Patent - Domain name registrar firms up patents related to whois privacy. GoDaddy was today awarded U.S. patent 7,627,633 (pdf), a divisional patent for its previously awarded whois proxy patent 7,130,878. This patent for “Proxy email method and system” relates to the email masking portion of its whois privacy service. In the system, a proxy email address is displayed in whois. Email sent to this proxy email address is then forwarded to the domain owner’s actual email ... read more ...
Thu 29th October 2009
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Silicon Alley Insider Values GoDaddy during $1.4 Billion, Oversee.net during $1 Billion - A number of domain name companies land on valuable start up lists. But SAI didn’t do its homework. Silicon Alley Insider has released its latest list of the world’s most valuable startups, which includes a number of domain name companies. But I question the validity of some of its assumptions because of some glaring errors, such as saying that Oversee.net hasn’t taken any outside funding. The top domain name company on the list is GoDaddy at #9. The valuation ... read more ...
Tue 20th October 2009
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Domain Registrars Often Blamed for Customers’ Mistakes - Critical customer mistakes often blamed on domain registrars. When online backup service CrashPlan.com went down earlier this month, the company was quick to blame its domain name registrar GoDaddy. Code 42 Software, which runs the CrashPlan.com service, tweeted about how GoDaddy “mistakenly removed our root nameserver entry”, “inappropriately took over our DNS”, and did a DNS “hijack”. What Code 42 Software never tweeted was that it had mistakenly ... read more ...
Wed 14th October 2009
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GoDaddy Launching GeoDomain Search Tool - Registrar is launching tool to make finding location-based domain names easier. [Update: the tool is now live] Domain name registrar GoDaddy is launching a GeoDomain research tool to help domainers find local domains, such as cityHotels.com. The tool will be launched no later than Monday. Users enter a location (such as a city or state) and can also add keywords, such as “hotel”. The tool then loads a map of the area with pinpoints on each location, which represent ... read more ...