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Peter Sunde, co-founder of the controversial Pirate Bay, lashed out at GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons, via Twitter today. Sunde dug up a 2011 safari incident, during which the GoDaddy founder and then CEO participated in a sick elephant hunt in Africa. “Running an ethical vegetarian domain service (@njal_la) is important when your main competitors are […]
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GoDaddy is now accepting the cancellation and refund of domain names registered during hurricane Irma. Dozens of “hurricane Irma” domains were snatched by enterprising domainers before and during the devastating hurricane that engulfed Florida. Most of these domains have no real use whatsoever. “We’re be issuing refunds for the next 30 days, if requested,” said […]
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From net neutrality to blockchain, here are three interesting sessions at next week’s conference. WorldHostingDays is heading to Las Vegas next week and much of the domain name industry will be there. If you will be at the conference and have something to talk about, drop me a line to set up a meeting. Here […]
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A look back at the past month in the domain business. The top story on Domain Name Wire last month was an arena naming deal that I scooped. Other topics include data privacy, a neo-nazi website and tough times in the domain business. Here are the top five stories ranked by pageviews: 1. Verizon Center […]
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Latest data shows little change. ICANN published the latest official .com transactions report from Verisign, which includes data by registrar for May 2017. Little has changed in the top spots, with GoDaddy leading the way and Tucows, which now includes Enom, coming in second place. Here are the top registrars in terms of new .com […]
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A GoDaddy employee was hit in the genital area with a gas canister, during protest demonstrations in Arizona, last week. The 29 year old sales and support representative at GoDaddy, kicked a hot tear gas canister back in the general direction of the police that shot it. The tear gas canister hit him in the […]
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Irving out, Wagner in. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving announced yesterday afternoon that he will retire from GoDaddy at the end of the year. Scott Wagner, GoDaddy’s president and chief operating officer, will take over as CEO when Irving leaves. Irving can be credited with turning a company that was known for its racy Super Bowl […]
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News out of GoDaddy is that Blake Irving to retire From Reuters (Reuters) – Website hoster GoDaddy Inc said Chief Executive Blake Irving would retire at the end of this year and named Chief Operating Officer Scott Wagner as his successor. Irving would continue to serve on GoDaddy’s board through June 2018 and work closely […]
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This time it appears to be permanent. Earlier today I recorded a podcast with Frank Schilling that will air Monday morning. During the recording, Schilling informed me that GoDaddy will stop offering Uniregistry top level domain names. This isn’t the first time GoDaddy has dropped Uniregistry names, but it seems they now have put a […]
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