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#30YearsofCOM Promoted by GoDaddy at NASCAR Race

Danica Patrick will be driving the GoDaddy #10 car at tomorrow’s CampingWorld.com 500 NASCAR race in Phoenix, Arizona. As you can see from the tweet below, Patrick’s GoDaddy car will be promoting .com as it celebrates its 30 year anniversary this weekend.

I am sure you’ve heard the story of Symbolics.com by now. In short, Symbolics.com was the first domain name ever registered, and it is now owned by Aron Meystedt. Symbollics.com was

Afternic and GoDaddy Simplify Commission Structure

I have found that the commission structures for domain name sales at Afternic and GoDaddy are confusing. Depending on the type of sale listing and how the buyer found a domain name, the commission percentage could vary pretty widely. This is being simplified going forward.

Afternic and GoDaddy is in the process of emailing customers to announce a change to the commission structure to make it more simplified and straightforward across the two brands. Instead of having to think about the type of listing and promotion to determine the commission rate, the new commission structure is strictly based on the sale price of the domain name.

The commission structure for aftermarket domain name sales on GoDaddy and Afternic is as follows:

Stolen Domains Not The Only GoDaddy Phishing Threat

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I’ve written a number of articles about phishing attempts made to induce GoDaddy customers into giving up their login credentials. I think phishing is one of the leading causes of domain name theft, and it appears  to have reached a crescendo in the last year. It seems that domain theft isn’t the only objective of phishing attackers.

Jeremy Kirk published an article on  CIO.com warning that attackers are using hijacked domain registrar accounts to  infect computers with malware.  “Hundreds of hacked domain name accounts registered through GoDaddy are being used as part of a highly effective campaign using the Angler exploit kit to infect computers with malware,” wrote Kirk. The article cited a blog post written by Nick Biasini, an outreach engineer with Cisco Systems.

Kirk went on to explain what is happening with the subdomains:

William Shatner Gives Shout Out to GoDaddy

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I am a big fan of GoDaddy’s customer service, and it looks like their customer service team made a fan out of actor William Shatner. Yesterday evening, Mr. Shatner took some time out of his day to tweet to GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving to compliment James Becsei, a GoDaddy CSR.

I am a bit surprised that

Update: GoDaddy Will NOT Air Controversial Super Bowl Ad

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According to a tweet from GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving, GoDaddy will not air the Super Bowl commercial that had widely been criticized today. The tweet sent by Irving was in response to a critical comment made by the Twitter account that appears to be affiliated with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County.

2015 GoDaddy Super Bowl Commercial Causing Controversy

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For a while, GoDaddy has been sharing hints about the company’s Super Bowl commercial and Buddy the dog’s appearance. It seemed pretty evident that the company was not going to go the “sexy” route as it had done in years past, but the concept behind this year’s Super Bowl commercial had not been shared.

GoDaddy’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial was possibly revealed on Today.com, and it looks like many people who are commenting on it via social media do not like the commercial. I wrote “possibly” because I don’t know for sure if Journey Home is Go Daddy’s Super Bowl commercial or a commercial that is part of a “Buddy” campaign. For the sake of Go Daddy, I am hopeful that this is not the commercial that will air on Super Bowl Sunday.

Of course, the company has