According to a press release we received today, Sedo.com is adding "Make Offer" domain names to its MLS system with Godaddy.com "Go Daddy joined the SedoMLS network in January 2012, offering all Buy Now names from Sedo’s inventory of more than 16 million premium domains to millions of new buyers. " "The expanded partnership adds Make Offer names to this distribution channel, which means … [Read more...]
So Godaddy.com Wasn’t Attacked But Why Did They Wait Almost 24 Hours Before Letting Anyone Know?
Godaddy.com announced a short time ago they were not attacked or hacked yesterday but had internal network issues which caused widespread outage to millions of customer's sites, domain names and email accounts. According to the statement, all services were restored by 4pm PDT. So why did we first get word that there was no attack or hack especially when hundreds of major media stories were … [Read more...]
Godaddy.com is Back Up: “At No Time Was Any Sensitive Customer Information Compromised”
Godaddy.com is back up and it seems according to Twitter are almost all of the domains, sites and email addresses that were under attack today Here is what is posted on Godaddy.com's site tonight: "At 10:25 am PT, GoDaddy.com and associated customer services experienced intermittent outages. Services began to be restored for the bulk of affected customers at 2:43 pm PT. At no time was any … [Read more...]
Forbes.com Just Publishes 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How)
Talk about hitting someone when there down, Forbes.com just published a post entitled 5 Reasons Why You Should Leave Godaddy (and How). Forbes writes in part: "In the last few years, GoDaddy has come under fire plenty of times – and for plenty of reasons. Not only has the company used sexual advertising several times to promote its services (reasons 1-3 why anyone paying GoDaddy money should … [Read more...]
Are 35 Million Domains/Sites Hosted On Godaddy.com Down?
According to DailyChanges.com there are almost 34 million domain names are hosted on Godaddy's DomainControl.com servers which appear to be down. In addition another 1.2 million are hosted on Godaddy's CashParking.com servers which also appear to be down. I did a spot check of domains and sites located on both servers and all appeared to be down. As Godaddy.com outage continues it looks … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Bill Hartzer.com Reports Front Running By Godaddy.com
In a story published a couple of days ago blogger BillHartzer.com citing another report, says Godaddy.com maybe front running domain registrations. "Godaddy, the domain name registrar, has apparently been caught registering domain names after someone has looked up the availability of a domain name. " "This guy claims that he looked up a domain name to see if that domain name was … [Read more...]
Godaddy.com CEO Warren Adelman Steps Down To Become “Special Advisor”
According to a press release just out the "Chief Executive Officer of Godaddy.com, Warren Adelman, has decided to step down from his position as CEO and assume a new role at the company as Special Advisor for Strategy and Global Policy". "Scott Wagner has been named interim CEO while the board conducts a search for a permanent successor. " "I am proud to have been part of a team that has … [Read more...]