Google has discontinued its domain blocking tool (known as The Blocked Sites feature") i The tool would allow internet users could elect not to see results of say parked pages or content farm pages in their search results when logged into Google. Google says users can still block particular sites from your search results, we recommend the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension from … [Read more...]
Verisign Over 1,300 .Com & .Net Pope Domains Registered
A few days ago Godaddy.com the world's largest domain registrar reported that 479 Pope related domain names were registered within the first hour after the announcement. Today the .com/.net Registry Verisign reported that "between the time Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation and the choosing of Pope Francis I, there were more than 1,300 new domains registered across the .com and .net … [Read more...]
Pope Domains: Godaddy Reports Almost 500 Domain Registrations Within 1st Hour
Godaddy is reporting that the election of Pope Francis is causing 100's of new domain name registration within the 1st hour of the election. "Keywords such as Pope, Francis, Bergoglio and Habemus Papam were used in identifying the new domain names registered with Go Daddy." "In the first hour 479 domains were registered with Go Daddy" At TheDomains.com we already reported on some of the … [Read more...]
Godaddy By The Numbers: 55 Million Domains Under Management
Some really interesting numbers are coming out of the Godaddy Registry Days conference in Arizona today. The numbers are just huge all around for the company that was started in 1997 & didn't sell its first domain until 2000 Almost 55 Million domains are under management, which is more than the next 10 largest registrars combined. 68% of registrations are .Com Selling 70+ extensions … [Read more...]
Godaddy Dropping New gTLD Applications for .Home & .Casa
At the Godaddy new gTLD Registry Days event today it announced it would be withdrawing its applications for .home and .casa. We want to concentrate and be just a registrar for all new gTLD's so we are withdrawing our applications for the new gTLD's for .Home & .Casa. Another big move by Godaddy.com but one which makes a lot of sense for the company which doesn't want to potentially go … [Read more...]
Breaking: GoDaddy To Drop .Com From Logo
At the Godaddy Registry Days conference, Godaddy.com announced that they will be dropping the .com off their logo over a period to time just to read "Godaddy". "10 years from now we will look back at a world where every domain name ended in a .com like our kids look at record players" said Blake Irving the CEO … [Read more...]
GoDaddy.com Aftermarket Sells 34,132 Domain Names In February
Godaddy.com sold 34,132 domain names through its Aftermarket/Auction system in February down slightly from January when it sold 35,803. February sales were led by Xe.co which sold for $37,500 Here are the top 10 sales for February as listed on Godaddy.com … [Read more...]