Yesterday morning, I received an automated email to inform me that the WordPress version that I use on DomainInvesting.com was automatically updated. A short time later, I noticed a major technical error on my website, and I snarkily tweeted to GoDaddy about the situation, as this website is hosted there:

Dear @GoDaddy Thanks for automatically updating WordPress for me without advanced notice. It broke my website.

— Elliot Silver (@DInvesting) April 21, 2015

When I noticed the error, I immediately

I have visited the Go Daddy and Afternic office in Cambridge, Massachusetts two times. One of the things I noticed when driving to the office was the close proximity to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. MIT is one of the leading engineering schools in the world, and it produces some talented graduates. The GoDaddy office is a stone’s throw away from MIT.

Perhaps a result of the closeness, GoDaddy and MIT have established a collaboration. In an article in the Phoenix Business Journal yesterday, it was announced  that “GoDaddy Inc. and MIT Media Lab have announced a collaboration to explore and develop emerging technologies to help small businesses achieve success.” The article further stated that GoDaddy and “the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab will dedicate teams to research a range of projects on topics such as big data, user interface design, collaboration technologies and social research.”

I think this is a

While watching the Arsenal v. Burnley English Premier League match today, I noticed something interesting. GoDaddy is advertising .com domain names on the electronic sideboards. GoDaddy also recently promoted .com at a NASCAR race last month, paying homage to the 30th anniversary of .com domain names.

The call to action rotations I captured on camera say “.COM DOMAINS FOUND HERE” and “GET YOUR .COM DOMAIN @” with the GoDaddy logo +.com appearing next to the message. I took a photo of two rotations of the sideboards for you to see:

As you already know, GoDaddy went public this morning, trading on the NYSE under the GDDY ticker symbol. GDDY stock is off to a solid start, and it is now trading well above its $20 opening price at around $26/share. After watching CNBC for a while this morning, it seems that most people agree that this was a great start for GoDaddy.

Shortly after GoDaddy stock began trading, CNBC interviewed GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving. He made some interesting comments on the company’s growth, marketing tactics, branding and rebranding efforts, and cash flow. If you did not have a chance to see the interview with Mr. Irving when it was broadcast live, I embedded the videos below.

Today was a very good day for GoDaddy.

Here are the two videos of Blake Irving’s interview on CNBC: