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Domain Name Wire
8 Things We Learned from GoDaddy’s IPO filing
GoDaddy filed its S-1 today to go public. I’ve skimmed the 250 pages to compile these seven data points that weren’t previously known. 1. GoDaddy has a lot of customers: 11.548M, to be exact. 2. The company had 2013 revenue of $1.13B. It ...
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8 Things We Learned from GoDaddy’s IPO filing
GoDaddy filed its S-1 today to go public. I’ve skimmed the 250 pages to compile these seven data points that weren’t previously known. 1. GoDaddy has a lot of customers: 11.548M, to be exact. 2. The company had 2013 revenue of $1.13B. It ...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 10:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy files to go public (again)
GoDaddy says “It’s Go Time” for IPO. GoDaddy has filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will be the company’s second attempt at an initial public offering. It originally filed to go public in 2006, but...
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GoDaddy files to go public (again)
GoDaddy says “It’s Go Time” for IPO. GoDaddy has filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will be the company’s second attempt at an initial public offering. It originally filed to go public in 2006, but...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 10:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media spinoff Rightside to list on NASDAQ as “NAME”, scores more TLDs
NAME is coming soon to the NASDAQ. Demand Media moved one step closer to spinning off its Rightside domain name business today with the filing of an amended registration statement. The company plans to issue new shares for the spinoff that will trade...
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Demand Media spinoff Rightside to list on NASDAQ as “NAME”, scores more TLDs
NAME is coming soon to the NASDAQ. Demand Media moved one step closer to spinning off its Rightside domain name business today with the filing of an amended registration statement. The company plans to issue new shares for the spinoff that will trade...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 9:53 pm
The Domains
New York Times Reports On Godaddy IPO: Its Go Time
The New York Times is reporting that Godaddy IPO is a Go According to the New York Times, Godaddy had 57 million domains under management as of Dec. 31. GoDaddy reported $1.1 billion in revenue for 2013, a 24% increase from the previous year. Accordi...
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New York Times Reports On Godaddy IPO: Its Go Time
The New York Times is reporting that Godaddy IPO is a Go According to the New York Times, Godaddy had 57 million domains under management as of Dec. 31. GoDaddy reported $1.1 billion in revenue for 2013, a 24% increase from the previous year. Accordi...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 9:52 pm
The Domains
Ad Impersonation Is The New Click Fraud
Lori Weiman wrote an interesting piece on Search Engine Land a few hours ago, the article focused on a different type of click fraud. PPC Ad impersonation occurs when an impostor advertiser takes a well known website address, and uses it as the...
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Ad Impersonation Is The New Click Fraud
Lori Weiman wrote an interesting piece on Search Engine Land a few hours ago, the article focused on a different type of click fraud. PPC Ad impersonation occurs when an impostor advertiser takes a well known website address, and uses it as the...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 9:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which new TLD is on top? Here’s one answer.
Search data shows that .directory is winning in terms of total indexed pages. No, this article isn’t about whether .xyz or .club should be considered the most registered new domain name so far. Instead, it’s a different look at how to mea...
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Which new TLD is on top? Here’s one answer.
Search data shows that .directory is winning in terms of total indexed pages. No, this article isn’t about whether .xyz or .club should be considered the most registered new domain name so far. Instead, it’s a different look at how to mea...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 6:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Microsoft and others bought
Microsoft headlines last week’s Sedo end user sales list. Microsoft is the biggest name on last week’s Sedo end user sales list, but a flower delivery company bought the most expensive (disclosed) domain name. There’s also a .berlin...
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What domain names Microsoft and others bought
Microsoft headlines last week’s Sedo end user sales list. Microsoft is the biggest name on last week’s Sedo end user sales list, but a flower delivery company bought the most expensive (disclosed) domain name. There’s also a .berlin...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 4:15 pm
The Domains
Two “Premium Domain” New gTLD Auctions Start; Namejet For .Build; Sedo for .Bid
I see a couple of “premium” domain name auctions are starting this week one at Namejet.com and one at Sedo for the new gTLD extensions .Build and .Bid respectively At Namejet.com they are auctioning off 35 .Build Domains. I have to say I ...
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Two “Premium Domain” New gTLD Auctions Start; Namejet For .Build; Sedo for .Bid
I see a couple of “premium” domain name auctions are starting this week one at Namejet.com and one at Sedo for the new gTLD extensions .Build and .Bid respectively At Namejet.com they are auctioning off 35 .Build Domains. I have to say I ...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 2:38 pm
The Domains
Brand Protection Fail!: 25 More Trademarked Domains Drop Including MicrosoftSoftware.com
As we go through Drop lists of domain name in an attempt to acquire some of them, we typically see a good number of what appear to be trademark infringing domain names. As usual we do not point out typo’s but mostly domain names that seem to be...
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Brand Protection Fail!: 25 More Trademarked Domains Drop Including MicrosoftSoftware.com
As we go through Drop lists of domain name in an attempt to acquire some of them, we typically see a good number of what appear to be trademark infringing domain names. As usual we do not point out typo’s but mostly domain names that seem to be...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week in new TLDs: Famous Four, Donuts…and .UK?
At least seven new TLDs hit the market this week, and expect a lot of press around second level .uk domain names. Famous Four Media finally gets into the mix this week as it launches its first three top level domain names: .webcam, .trade and .bid. A...
Discussion
This week in new TLDs: Famous Four, Donuts…and .UK?
At least seven new TLDs hit the market this week, and expect a lot of press around second level .uk domain names. Famous Four Media finally gets into the mix this week as it launches its first three top level domain names: .webcam, .trade and .bid. A...
Discussion
June 9, 2014, 1:43 pm
