Awful Super Bowl Ad totally worked: GoDaddy posts biggest sales day in history

It may have been awkward and it may have been inappropriate and it was probably sexist, but Go Daddy's Super Bowl ad featuring supermodel Bar Rafaeli and -- yeah, let's be straight-up -- a fairly ugly geeky dude, totally worked.

Former Yahoo & Microsoft exec Blake Irving named CEO of Go Daddy (update)

Former Yahoo and Microsoft executive Blake Irving will take over as chief executive officer of major web domain business Go Daddy, succeeding interim CEO Scott Wagner.

Dump Go Daddy Day results: 27K domains transfer in, only 14K out

Results from yesterday’s Dump Go Daddy Domain Day boycott show that almost twice as many domains transferred into Go Daddy than out. These results come despite the fact that Go Daddy reported this morning that it was hemorrhaging customers.

The …

Not even a shift to full SOPA opposition can stop Go Daddy from hemorrhaging customers

Domain registrar Go Daddy has changed its stance on recently proposed legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from “not supporting” to full on opposition, according to a statement from the company today.

“We have observed a spike in domain name …

Go Daddy loses over 37,000 domains due to SOPA stance

Hosting and domain registrar company Go Daddy has lost more than 37,000 domains in the past two days due to the company’s wishy-washy stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act.

The fleeing domains comes as a result of the intense …

Go Daddy gives into pressure, comes out against SOPA

Domain and hosting site Go Daddy just announced that it no longer supports the recently proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

The statement (pasted below) comes after the intense backlash Go Daddy received yesterday from customers and Internet critics after …

Go Daddy sold to private equity firms for $2.25 billion

Private equity firms have swooped up web hosting and domain registry company Go Daddy Group for $2.25 billion.

The acquirers include KKR & Co., Silver Lake Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. The hope is to expand the company internationally, make …