USA Today published the results of its Super Bowl Ad Meter which tracks which ads that aired during the Super Bowl voters liked the most and disliked the most. On the bottom of the list sits the Godaddy.com commercial featuring model Bar Refeali making out with a "nerd". However based on the online and offline buzz the commercial generated, it might well be the most successful commercial of … [Read more...]
Enom New gTLD Program Joining Parallels
eNom, a top 5 ICANN accredited registrar, and Parallels, worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement and desktop virtualization, today announced the inclusion of eNom’s new Top Level Domain (TLD) program in the latest version of Parallels Plesk Panel and in Parallels Domain Name Network (DNN). According to the press release out today, additionally, Chris Sheridan, vice president of … [Read more...]
Tucows.com Tops $2 A Share
Share of Tucows.com (TCX) topped $2 a share in intraday trading for the first time since 2001. Shares of Tucows.com traded as high as $2.05 before falling back to $2 where its is trading as of time of publication. Shares of Tucows traded at $1.50 just a couple of weeks ago as their Dutch tender ended. Shares started 2013 at $1.45 so the stock is now up over 30% since the start of the … [Read more...]
Register.com Is Offering $.50 New Domains Registrations On .Com, .Net .Org +
Register.com is offering new registrations for just $.50 for any .com, .net., .org, .info .biz or .us domain name. The offer is being advertised on Google. Here is the offer. Here is the fine print: "LIMITED TIME OFFER. Offer valid for new customers in the US and Canada only, limited to a total of three domains. Upon expiration, all products will be renewed at the then current … [Read more...]
Register.com/Netsol Must Have A Different Defination Of A “Premium” Domains Than I Have
I got this email a few days ago from Register.com/NetworkSolutions Its certainly by no means the first of these type of emails I get from registrars.com trying to get you to register domains, typically something close to another domain I have registered. I have no idea how they pull their data, as we have very few domains with either and all caught on the drop, however lets just say that … [Read more...]
Godaddy Goes Brick & Mortar Teaming Up With OfficeMax
Go Daddy has teamed up with OfficeMax to Provide Exclusive Website Service Bundles for Small Business Customers Marking the first time websites and domain names Are delivered through a traditional brick & Mortar retail channel. According to a press release out today, "OfficeMax® (NYSE:OMX), it's teaming up with Go Daddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, to bring Go Daddy's Web … [Read more...]
Shares Of Tucows Are Up Over 20% In Five Days
Shares of Tucows, Inc. (TCX) are on a tear. Shares are currently trading at $1.82 up from $1.55 of just Friday. So shares are up $.27 in the last three days of trading . Tucows.com concluded it dutch tender offer at $1.5o on January 10, 2012 just 5 days ago and so shares are up over 20% from the close of that tender offer. Tucows.com has been buying back its own shares for the past … [Read more...]