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Can fighting registrars win the spam wars?: Can fighting registrars win the spam wars?When is someone a registrar?When is someone a registrar? www.GoDaddy.com has a reseller program called Wild West Domains or something similar. For about $100 anyone can become a "registrar" through this program, with a website, etc., indicating the person is a registrar. ...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, registrar, GoDaddy; Discussion threads 2008-06-10
Super Bowl advertiser websites by US visits in 2008: Super Bowl XLII advertiser websites with the largest increases in market share of visits on Super Bowl Sunday 2008 were Hyundai, up 1450%, Paramount’s Ironman Movie, up 800% and GoDaddy.com, which increased 616%. Budlight.com and Budweiser.com increased 100% and 25 percent on Sunday from the previous day, respectively. Both the...; Tags: Hyundai, GoDaddy, Super Bowl, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Godaddy.com Domain Name Search (zip): Search for any type of domain by entering the domain name in the text search area and pressing search or hitting enter on your keyboard. Search the full domain name like mysearchterm.com or mysearchterm.net, .org, .biz. Results take you to Godaddy.com to check for available domain. Suggested domains are listed...; Tags: GoDaddy, Domain, Domain Name, Daniel Wollin, Domain Names, Internet; Software downloads 2007-06-05
GoDaddy pulls security site after MySpace complaints: GoDaddy pulls security site after MySpace complaintsTime to find a new registarAlthough they are one of the cheaper ones, I think I will take my business elsewhere. Just the mere fact of their snotty attitude is driving me FAR away.Why do you keep mentioning that Godaddy is the largest...; Tags: GoDaddy, MySpace, security; Discussion threads 2007-01-25
Google partners with GoDaddy and Enom: Google partners with GoDaddy and EnomYou need a spell checker.Seriously. How did you get that job?Enom Seizing Names They Don't OwnIn early May, Enom did a search for every domain name containing the characters "enom" and without any serious checks, they seized the names and changed the contact information...; Tags: Domain names, Business structures, GoDaddy, Google Inc., partnership, eNom; Discussion threads 2006-12-18

Google partners with GoDaddy and Enom: Have you wanted to sign up for Google Apps for Your Domain GAFYD, but didnt have a domain to use it with? Now you can register one through the service with GoDaddy or eNom as the registrar. This actually surprised me since Google is already registered as an...; Tags: GAFYD, GoDaddy, eNom, Uncategorized; Blog posts 2006-12-15
GoDaddy hosting customers victim to massive hack: GoDaddy hosting customers victim to massive hackFinally George gets it right...and begins bringing us warnings about Microsoft IIS web hosting. It's like I've been telling people for years, go with Unix or LAMP for hosting. All MS products have big-time flaws just waiting to be exploited. Please! Who doesn't know...; Tags: SECURITY, GoDaddy, Microsoft IIS Server; Discussion threads 2006-06-02
GoDaddy hosting customers victim to massive hack: [Updated 1:17 PM] Earlier this week I blogged about the case of Turkish hackers defacing a record number of websites. 38,500 sites were defaced in a single day by hacker iSKORPiTX who used an automated mechanism to attack what appeared to be an exploit in a sloppy implementation of...; Tags: GoDaddy; Blog posts 2006-06-02
Top registrars by new domains added between Sep 2005 and Feb 2006: GoDaddy, DirectNIC, eNom: Top registrars by new domains added between Sep 2005 and Feb 2006: GoDaddy, DirectNIC, eNomREinteresting that even having the best prices and being around some years now, 1&1 is not one of the top registrars. I guess they are more concerned about their hosting business, of maybe people got tired...; Tags: registrar, Sep 2005, DirectNIC, Feb 2006, eNom, GoDaddy; Discussion threads 2006-03-27
Top registrars by new domains added between Sep 2005 and Feb 2006: GoDaddy, DirectNIC, eNom: ipWalk reported on net domain name growth between September 2005 and February 2006. GoDaddy, DirectNIC and eNom experienced the highest growth in the 6 month slot.New domains between Sep 2005 and Feb 2006RegistrarDomains1&1325433Yahoo!373444eNom431742DirectNIC824933Go Daddy1325668Source: ipWalk; Tags: Sep 2005, ipWalk, GoDaddy, eNom, DirectNIC; Blog posts 2006-03-26
SuperBowl ads increase traffic to GoDaddy by 260%, Cialis.com by 155%, Tabasco.com by 119%: Do SuperBowl ads improve Web traffic? According to HitWise, domain name registrar GoDaddy.com experienced a 260.21% surge in Web traffic after its controversial ad aired on SuperBowl. HitWise tracked the Web traffic on SuperBowl Sunday vs. the day before. One-day Web traffic increases to SuperBowl advertisers' Web sites Rank Site Increase 1. www.godaddy.com 260.21% 2. www.cialis.com 155.41% 3. www.tabasco.com 118.57% 4. www.dietpepsi.com 94.32% 5. www.nfl.com 90.95% 6. www.cadillac.com 74.82% 7. www.olympus-global.com 73.69% 8. www.lincolnvehicles.com 57.86% 9. www.frito-lay.com 57.28% 10. www.tacobell.com 48.74% Source: HitWise; Tags: Web-traffic, Hitwise; Blog posts 2005-03-18
SuperBowl ads increase traffic to GoDaddy by 260%, Cialis.com by 155%, Tabasco.com by 119%: Do SuperBowl ads improve Web traffic? According to HitWise, domain name registrar GoDaddy.com experienced a 260.21% surge in Web traffic after its controversial ad aired on SuperBowl. HitWise tracked the Web traffic on SuperBowl Sunday vs. the day before. One-day Web traffic increases to SuperBowl advertisers' Web sites Rank Site Increase 1. www.godaddy.com 260.21% 2. www.cialis.com 155.41% 3. www.tabasco.com 118.57% 4. www.dietpepsi.com 94.32% 5. www.nfl.com 90.95% 6. www.cadillac.com 74.82% 7. www.olympus-global.com 73.69% 8. www.lincolnvehicles.com 57.86% 9. www.frito-lay.com 57.28% 10. www.tacobell.com 48.74% Source: HitWise; Tags: Hitwise, Web-traffic; Blog posts 2005-03-18
GoDaddy Stays #1 With High-Availability Infrastructure Powered by Network Appliance: GoDaddy.com GoDaddy holds the world's #1 ranking in new domain name registrations and domains under management. GoDaddy expects to grow 100% annually, stay flexible, and deliver best-value innovations and service. Objectives include a 3-second average site response time. GoDaddy standardized on NetApp FC SAN and NAS storage for mission-critical systems,...; Tags: GoDaddy, Network Appliance Inc., NetApp, Storage, Hardware; Case studies

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Gmail, PayPal and Ebay embrace DomainKeys to fight phishing emails: Brad Taylor, Google's Gmail Spam Czar, has just posted details on the ongoing cooperation with PayPal and Ebay, two of the most targeted brands in phishing emails, the effect of which is rejecting compared to flagging as spam each and every email pretending to be coming from paypal.com and ebay.com...; Tags: Google Gmail, DomainKeys, PayPal, eBay Inc., Authentication, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-09
SAP's TV budget: more waste: SAP's TV budget: more wasteBut it's fun to see Robert in a suit:-) eom..GJ essentially advertising for WFTVNo such thing as bad publicity, eh?RE: SAP's TV budget: more wasteI'd argue that there may be a mismatch, but I don't think we're talking GoDaddy super bowl ads here either....; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, SAP TV budget, SAP TV, SAP AG, TV; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
Torrent admin is 'felony infringer': There are copyright infringers -- and then there are felony copyright infringers. That's a really bad copyright infringer. That's Daniel Dove, 26, the administrator of a group of "uploaders" at EliteTorrents.org a page which shows up as merely parked at GoDaddy, reports IDG. He was convicted of...; Tags: Administrator, U.S. Department Of Justice, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Comcast's DNS records hijacked, redirect to hacked page: Comcast's DNS records hijacked, redirect to hacked pagePity....Coulnd't have happened to a nicer company.So how would this have effected e-mailsto Comcast subscribers? Somehow I doubt the hijackers would have been generous enough to have left the MX record alone.Network Solutions...has realy no protection mechanism to protect those who register domains...; Tags: Domain names, Portals, Comcast Corp., Comcast DNS, e-mail, MX Record, DNS, hacked page, server; Discussion threads 2008-05-29
ICANN warning against registrar impersonation phishing attacks: How realistic is an attack that successfully hijacks a domain by social engineering the domain's registrar? Pretty realistic according to ICANN's recently released advisory on preventing Registrar Impersonation Phishing Attacks : In this Advisory, SSAC describes generic forms of this type of attack. We consider types and formats of...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, Social Engineering, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?: Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Websense: Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA hacked in 6 seconds: Websense: Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA hacked in 6 secondsYahoo is implementing CAPTCHA at the send...level. So every mail you send requires you enter a capycha response. Totally not acceptable.This is why large networks like Google, MS Live, etc. will simply not serve the enterprise like all the bloggers think.It is...; Tags: web computing, CAPTCHA, Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA, Websense Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-14