In what probably came as a surprise to many observers GoDaddy has announced that they are acquiring NeuStar's registry business. The announcement comes quite soon after the web giant's acquisition of Frank Schilling's Uniregistry registrar and marketplace. Both Neustar and GoDaddy made announcements about the acquisition last night. So what exactly have they … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Enters the Registry Business
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GoDaddy Unveils New Branding
Branding is one of those things that many companies spend a lot of time and energy on. It goes from the company's logo down to the choice of font on the notepaper. GoDaddy's logo, up until yesterday, was highly recognisable and hadn't changed much since the company launched over 20 years ago. The new logo is, of course, part of the company's latest pivot. Under the new CEO … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Unveils New Branding
GoDaddy CEO to Retire in December
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is to retire at the end of the year. Irving, who is 58, will continue to be a member of the GoDaddy board until June 2018. https://twitter.com/Blakei/status/900097038863421440 Fortune magazine has more details of Blake's retirement. He'll be replaced at the helm by Scott Wagner, who is the company's president and COO. Under Irving's tenure … [Read more...] about GoDaddy CEO to Retire in December
GoDaddy CEO Speaks About DailyStormer
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving has spoken to the media about DailyStormer and GoDaddy's position with respect to domains and sites they provide services to. While the interview focussed on the Daily Stormer, Blake Irving also spoke about GoDaddy's approach to dealing with content. The company has a large team that are tasked with reviewing complaints and seeing whether or not the … [Read more...] about GoDaddy CEO Speaks About DailyStormer
DailyStormer Switches to Google; Google “Cancels” Registration
At time of writing the extreme right-wing website Daily Stormer is still online. The website operator is now claiming to have "retaken control" of the site. However, as has been reported in the mainstream media as well as on most domain industry sites, the domain was booted by GoDaddy. It now resides with Google: Domain Name: DAILYSTORMER.COM Registry Domain ID: … [Read more...] about DailyStormer Switches to Google; Google “Cancels” Registration
DailyStormer Booted by GoDaddy and Claims to Have Been Hacked by Anonymous
Extreme right-wing hate site Daily Stormer is being booted by registrar GoDaddy. GoDaddy responded to various tweets over the weekend stating that they had given the website operators 24 hours to find a new domain name registrar: https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/896935462622957573 It's not 100% clear if the site itself was being hosted by GoDaddy, as it relies on … [Read more...] about DailyStormer Booted by GoDaddy and Claims to Have Been Hacked by Anonymous
GoDaddy to Acquire Host Europe Group in €1.69 Billion Deal
Host Europe Group has been on the market for the last few months. The company, which is currently owned by private equity firm Cinven, was courting suitors with an expected price close to €2 billion. Over the last few weeks, however, it became apparent that the only serious suitor was GoDaddy. This morning GoDaddy confirmed the purchase as well as revealing some details on … [Read more...] about GoDaddy to Acquire Host Europe Group in €1.69 Billion Deal
Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave announced via Facebook and Twitter that the company had acquired websummit.com for an undisclosed sum. Apparently they'd been negotiating the acquisition for the last 5 years. The domain has been registered since November 2001, which is long before Web Summit's first event was held in Dublin. The domain had switched registrars several … [Read more...] about Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid
Former GoDaddy General Counsel Christine Jones announced that she was running for Congress earlier today. Jones sent out an email to her supporters earlier today making the announcement as well as publishing her first campaign video: https://youtu.be/dvK6VQkkqgc Jones will be seeking the Republican nomination for Arizona's Fifth Congressional District. Here's the … [Read more...] about Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid
GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl
According to an article over on Market Watch GoDaddy will not be advertising during Super Bowl 50 next February. GoDaddy had been running ads during the Super Bowl for the last 10 years with several of its adverts attracting plenty of controversy. Some of the earlier ads they ran featured the GoDaddy girls, like this one: https://youtu.be/3vWu8SAzQPE Over the years … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl