Opa! After Godaddy, Google goes Greek with Chromecast video
A year ago, domain registrar GoDaddy used a Greek “bouzouki” music to overlay its promotion of “Beauty and the Geek”. That GoDaddy video was produced by Deutsch and the Greek music was licensed – according to GoDaddy – who declined to give more details when we inquired. Google has just launched Chromecast, a little fob […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy: First registrar to allow domain ownership by dogs!
GoDaddy – the world’s #1 domain registrar – is expanding its unstoppable reach beyond what was thought possible in the domain world. Thirty months after allowing domains to be registered by aliens of the extra-planetary kind, GoDaddy extends its generous offer to local earth species. “There are millions of dogs in the US and most […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy to face the music in Anticybersquatting lawsuit
GoDaddy is being sued in a California court, by AMPAS, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The culprit: numerous domain names that contain AMPAS trademarks, which GoDaddy is accused of monetizing through its parking program. In a shocking decision, GoDaddy has been denied ‘safe harbor‘, as they are profiting from the traffic of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DotCo lovers: GoDaddy still the cheapest .Co registrar!
We know that some of you have a love/hate relationship with GoDaddy. The largest domain registrar in the world, grew in leaps and bounds during the past decade; mostly due to the personality of its founder, the illustrious Bob “elephant killer” Parsons. These days, GoDaddy has skirted away from using eye candy on its homepage, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.A domain holder’s nightmare as GoDaddy patents ‘Domain Lists’
Ever made a list of your domains, in digital or printed format? Did you email a catalog of your domains, or your entire portfolio to someone? If so, you might be paying royalties to GoDaddy from now on. GoDaddy was just granted Patent #7471192330 at the USPTO that is defined as follows: “A structure or […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Patent granted: GoDaddy to extend domain length to 2,048 characters
After an embarrassing auction at TDNAM for a particularly long domain name, GoDaddy – the world’s #1 domain registrar – has been granted a patent at the USPTO. Patent #12,342,256 produces “…a domain filesystem and microcode capable of extending the current octet limitations of labels, thus increasing the usable domain length to 2,048 characters.” This […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stolen domain name Gmix.com changes hands once again
We’ve been tracking the status of domains we reported and documented as stolen in the past; one of them is Gmix.com – a domain that was stolen along with others from its Norwegian owner. Unlike the rest of the stolen domains from the same batch that were still at Moniker, this domain had its contact […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy Perks: Registrar introduces ‘Commission Suction’ for all affiliates
Godaddy, the world’s largest registrar – both by the total number of domains and chest circumference of its female promoters – is once again offering a pioneering new product. “Gone are the days that you’d be slaving your time on TDNAM’s affiliate network, hoping that one out of 100 visits would convert,” said GoDaddy affiliate […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Christian group upset by GoDaddy’s “Satanic numbers”
The Church of Good Shepherd Martyrs, is a large non-denominational house of faith, located in mostly-Mormon Salt Lake City, Utah. Not quite a megachurch, and yet counting several thousand members, the Church of Good Shepherd Martyrs delivers its religious messages both directly and via its web site. Registered at GoDaddy, TheChurchOfGoodShepherdMartyrs.org is built on WordPress; […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy tango down: Anonymous claims attack on Mail Servers
The GoDaddy mail servers have been down for several hours today, apparently as the result of an attack by a spin-off of the group Anonymous. As tweeted by the “Anonymous Own3r” earlier today: #godaddy e-mails servers #tangodown Meanwhile, GoDaddy is currently addressing the issue, that has caused delays in system emails, including text messages for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New GoDaddy cock-up as 11 year old domain goes in Pending Delete!
Steve, owner of the domain name ALA.us, made a simple request at GoDaddy, where the domain is registered: refund the auto-renew fees. The 11 year old domain is now in pending delete, thanks to some obscure clause that supposedly requires GoDaddy technicians to cancel a domain, when refunding the renewal fees. Says Steve, over at […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.“Godaddy is the worst registrar ever !!!!”
“Godaddy is the worst registrar ever !!!!” This is the title of a post by a visibly dejected DNForum member, who shares his experience with a recent expired domain auction that he won at GoDaddy. After jumping through hoops and providing payment of $28,000 for the domain, having his account locked and his personal IDs […]
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