The GoDaddy email confirmation mess: Do it in the Domain Manager!
Effective on January 1st, 2014, an ICANN-mandated procedure, whereupon a registrant’s email – or phone number – must be confirmed, is causing some major headaches at GoDaddy. Being the most popular registrar in the world, GoDaddy is very often the target of phishing attacks: Email schemes that attempt to steal your login credentials, posing as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain registrations: GoDaddy now confirms your email
The beginning of a new year is notoriously known for introducing new laws, regulations and other such annoyances, by the State and Federal Government. Not to be outdone, ICANN now requires that registrants get verified, and that registrars employ at least one such method of verification. Having registered our first pair of domains for 2014 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forget ‘.com’: Reuters passes the reefer on GoDaddy gTLD pre-registrations
The argument about the “death of the .com” has been used a lot recently, and will continue to be a trolling point for months and years to come. After the infamous Minds+Machines ad on Facebook, Reuters News is now attempting to provoke with an article, touting the introduction of gTLDs at GoDaddy. The article, titled […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.It’s go time – in reverse – with Jean Claude Van Damme in new video
GoDaddy opened a can of worms, when they re-introduced 1980’s movie idol, Jean-Claude Van Damme to an unsuspecting world. The apparent success of JCVD in a series of GoDaddy commercials, was recognized by Volvo Motors, that created what appears to be a real death-defying video. Jean-Claude Van Damme does the splits atop two Volvo semi […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy Halloween costume winner: Jean Claude Van Damme
Teri Dhooge, VP of Marketing at GoDaddy, announced on Twitter her favorite in-house costume for Halloween: It’s a Jean Claude Van Damme costume! 😀 Definitely a funny outfit, funnier than the aged b-movie actor who does the splits over two sacks of flour for GoDaddy. Happy Halloween guys!
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy: This message will not self-destruct in 20 seconds!
With the departure of Bob Parsons from active duty at GoDaddy, a couple of changes stand out. First, they placed a total recall on the use of buxom ladies – the so-called, GoDaddy Girls – disappointing thousands of men of all ages, who were prone to order more services accompanied by images of busts. Second, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy grabs hold of Afternic .com
After its recent acquisition of Afternic for umpteen millions of dollars, GoDaddy – the largest domain registrar in the world – has completed the final stage of its asset acquisition. Recent WHOIS lookups placed the domain name Afternic.com in the hands of Domain Administration .com LLC, but this has changed. Apparently, GoDaddy has now completed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Contest: GoDaddy invites you to be their next “kick ass” model
After a successful re-introduction of long-forgotten 80s actor, Jean-Claude Van Damme, GoDaddy is taking this marketing campaign paradigm to new levels. The GoDaddy “kick-ass” campaign, featuring JCVD doing the splits has generated 24% more sales than those depending on ogling Danica Patrick’s legs, according to media research institute, Fresh Polls & Stuff. The poll was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BREAKING: Name.com acquires Sedo in an 1.5 trillion euro cash and perks transaction
BREAKING (bad): Palo Alto, California – Sept. 18, 2013: Name.com the top tier domain registrar with an “A Rating” from the DG Registrar review, has acquired Sedo, the Germany based domain auction market and close ally of the TDNAM “$60 buck offers” marketplace. Vic Dixon, Vice President of Stuff at Name.com announced the acquisition earlier […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy in trouble over Jean-Claude Van Damme injury
GoDaddy recently rebranded, introducing 80’s actor Jean-Claude Van Damme back from celluloid obscurity. The Belgian martial artist and actor stars as the provider of “kick ass” services at GoDaddy, using the tag line “It’s go time.” Alas, with all this sudden return to activity in his 50’s, Jean-Claude Van Damme suffered some painful injuries to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Worst creative of the year – GoDaddy’s campaign or Yahoo new logo?
This past week has been rather shocking, as far as branding and redesigns are concerned. First, Yahoo! changed its logo of almost two decades, to a wimpy new stick figure. The shocking part: Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer‘s “genius” helped create this emasculated logotype in one weekend! As if our week were not complete, GoDaddy launched […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The (almost new) GoDaddy homepage, before Danica Patrick got dropped
GoDaddy has released a new homepage, that sports a navigational menu reminiscent of the Microsoft Windows 8 “metro” interface. We’ll let that one slide. While this is a move in the right direction, a different version was slated for use – right before Danica Patrick was apparently dropped from being the numero uno GoDaddy girl. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.
