Tag Archives: standard tactics

Mon 12th January 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy Brings Humor to Company Mistakes - The 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 wouldn’t bring up some of GoDaddy’s own “ding dongs”. But over the weekend I had a chance to watch the video, and was delighted to see Parsons included GoDaddy employees bidding at TDNAM auctions and Standard ... read more ...
Wed 17th December 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Go Daddy To Shut Down Standard Tactics, LLC - Standard 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 of the interview is that GoDaddy is effectively shutting down Standard Tactics. Parsons said it had about 33,000 domains in the subsidiary and 8,000 that made most of the money. This is lower than I privately estimated ... read more ...
Thu 11th December 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Name Wire on Go Daddy Radio Show - I’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 Standard Tactics. Yesterday Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons called me to talk about Standard Tactics and invite me to be his guest on next week’s Radio GoDaddy show. I accepted the offer. On Today’s Radio Go Daddy show, ... read more ...
Mon 8th December 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Commentary: Why Standard Tactics is a Problem - 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 the over 100 comments, it appears to have struck a nerve in a lot of people. Interestingly, I received some feedback that people “disagreed” with my story. This is interesting because there really aren’t any ... read more ...