GoDaddy

Domain name security is of utmost importance. GoDaddy held a “Blab” this morning discussing domain name security, and I want to share the video below. If you register your domain names at GoDaddy, you should take advantage of the company’s security offerings to make sure your domain names are a safe as possible.

There are several elements that are critical to domain name security (account measures, email account security, social media safety…etc). This video is worth watching when you have a bit of free time. Regardless of where you register your domain names, it is advisable that you learn about the mandatory and optional account security measures and keep your domain names secure.

One of the reasons I use GoDaddy for quite a few of my valuable domain names is because of the security they offer. The company has two factor authentication available for accounts and the company also offers a phone confirmation security protocol to prevent unauthorized domain name transfers and account changes.

GoDaddy will be hosting a free domain name security “Blab” tomorrow (Thursday, April 28), and it might be a good idea to attend, whether you are a GoDaddy customer or not:

RSVP now for our #DomainSecurity #Blab, happening this Thursday at 11:30am ET with @jjstyler and @colbydigital https://t.co/xEuhUGBexn

— GoDaddy (@GoDaddy) April 26, 2016

Joe Styler will be leading the Blab, which begins at 11:30am tomorrow (Thursday). Here’s what Joe told me will be discussed during the hour long discussion:

“We will take about a half hour to go over best practices for keeping your domains safe and secure. We will cover things for all types of users and the focus will be on prevention with some time at the end covering recovery if your domain name is taken. We will have two other people on the call Jessica Hanyen and Chris Patterson who are key members of the team who helps recover stolen names for GoDaddy.”

Some of the other domain name security topics that will be covered include:

GoDaddy  seems to have spent considerable sums of money on Google Adwords to advertise domain registration coupon codes.  A year or two ago, GoDaddy pretty much stopped issuing coupons to register domain names at below wholesale cost.

Joe Styler,  â€ŽAftermarket Product Manager at GoDaddy, posted a warning on NamePros about a GoDaddy coupon scam that was brought to his attention. Although he mentioned the NamePros connection, it is important to understand that something like this can happen on any venue or even via spam email targeting domain owners. Here’s how Joe described this coupon scam:

Ready for this? We’re giving our customers a place where they can connect & help each other. https://t.co/hbc3HWpLjN pic.twitter.com/yaEjg1ndDV

— GoDaddy (@GoDaddy) April 5, 2016

Earlier this week, GoDaddy announced a new forum for customers to ask various questions about GoDaddy products and services. The forum can be found by visiting GoDaddy.com/community.

When I visited the forum while logged into my GoDaddy account, it asked me to create a username. I believe people who are not logged into their GoDaddy accounts will still be able to visit the forum, although I am pretty sure they need a username in order to start threads or post comments. The username creation screen was very simple.

I would imagine that the most

GoDaddy published its 2015 annual report today, and it can be viewed on Morningstar’s website. As Andrew Allemann noted this morning, the company essentially confirmed the purchase price of Mike Berkens’ domain portfolio. Aside from this, I think there are a several interesting aspects of GoDaddy’s annual report, and there are a few things to watch over the next few years.

I took a relatively quick look through the company’s annual report, and I highlighted some interesting aspects of it. I paid particularly close attention to the company’s mentions of its aftermarket and customer growth.

I listed  some of the things I found particularly interesting as well as some of the things I will be observing as the company reports in the future. I invite you to share some of your thoughts and observations: