Archive | September, 2011
GoDaddy Guy

GoDaddy Breaks 50 Million Domain Mark

GoDaddy’s growth has been phenomenal. Over the weekend the Arizona based registrar broke a new record as it crossed the 50 million domain mark – which is not only a first for the company, but a first in the history of the internet. Full release on their site

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GoDaddy’s 60 Day Lock Finally Explained

GoDaddy’s 60 day lock is something that tends to provoke emotive responses. Up until now, however, the company has never provided a clear public explanation of why and how it is implemented. Finally this has happened, with GoDaddy’s Christine Jones providing a very clear explanation over on her personal blog. Go read it. Seriously. The [...]

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World Map Politic 2005 with ccTLDs - LQ version

Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

CoCCA have published a set of proposals under the title of “Best Practice Recommendations for Minimising Harm ( and increasing trust ) in small ccTLDs”. While the spirit of the proposals is admirable I find the proposals themselves to be more than a little disturbing from both a registrant and registrar viewpoint. Since I’m not [...]

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