Godaddy has released another teaser picture of the new Godaddy.Co girl. Over the last weeks we got a teaser picture of her legs, then her butt, and now we have the chest. You know who out pick is. So let the guessing continue, but for those who picked Betty White, I think your out of luck. … [Read more...]
Update: It’s Official: Demand Goes Public At $17 a Share Becoming The Largest Internet IPO Since Google
According to the Wall Street Journal Demand Media has raised $151 million by offering 8.9 million shares at $17, above its expected range of $14 to $16. The company originally filed to sell 7.5 million shares (of which 3 million were to be sold by insiders). Demand Media will begin trading on Wednesday on the NYSE under the symbol DMD. Demand of course own the 2nd largest domain … [Read more...]
Moniker: Issues Statement On “Unauthorized Data Release” By Moniker Employee
Moniker has just released the following statement acknowledging an "unauthorized release of customer data" by a Moniker Employee: ""Moniker has learned that one of its employees violated company policy by distributing customer data for a single domain name registration. The employee has been placed on administrative leave while the company further reviews the matter. ""Only one employee and … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Announces The .Co Super Bowl Commercial
In the press release by Godaddy today, the company announced what we told you last week they would be announcing today, that they will be sharing a 30 second SuperBowl Commerical to "spotlight to tell the world about a new domain name extension -- .CO". ""We think this new commercial will do for the dotCO domain what our first Super Bowl commercial did for Go Daddy,' said Go Daddy CEO … [Read more...]
VentureBeat.com DemandMedia IS Worth $1.4-$1.7 Billion
In a blog post today on VentureBeat.com, Stephen Walker The CEO of Perfectmarket.com chats about DemandMedia's IPO and concluded: "I can now envision a scenario wherein Demand Media, whose properties include eHow, LiveStrong.com, and Cracked.com, is worth $1.4 – $1.7 billion. Not bad when you consider that the equity of the New York Times Company is currently valued at $1.2 billion. … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Protecting Your Domains: Registrars That Have Special Locking/Security Programs
In the wake of this weeks story's on domain theft we reached out to some of the registrars that offer "protection" or domain lock type programs to get details on their products. Here is a list of some of the registrars and the extra level of protection they offer: Fabulous.com: Fabulous.com offers two options customers can choose to enable to protect sensitive areas within their account, … [Read more...]
Moniker & SnapNames.com Redesigned Sites To Launch Monday: Here is Your Sneak Preview
Both Moniker.com and SnapNames.com are going to launch redesigned sites on Monday afternoon and we got a sneak peak. Generally the sites both look a lot cleaner and more user friendly. Gone from the front pages of both sites are the banner ads for other products including domain auctions, domain shows which I thought garbaged up the sites quite a bit. Replacing those ads both sites … [Read more...]