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This Site’s Domain is Stolen | CSS-Tricks

JohnH — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:48:40 +0000

Friday 11:50 – Just got off the phone with GoDaddy Tony in domain disputes and Alon in customer service, I think. The current status is that they have already sent a request to PlanetDomain, and the next step is to wait for them to do the due diligence and get back to GoDaddy with an answer on whether or not they will return the domain. This be a matter of days, or a week sine it’s Friday, very likely won’t be until early next week. Other facts about GoDaddy:

So far they have found this has happened to around 12 accounts, all within the “Web Design” genre so most likely a targeted attack.

There is no accessible log from with your GoDaddy account to see what/when things happened.

They do have access logs, but they can’t share that information with me.

The domain was transferred away from GoDaddy the evening of Nov 20th

They have, but cannot provide me with, the email address used to transfer the domain away.

GoDaddy confirmed my global account email has never been changed, but it WAS changed for the domain css-tricks.com prior to the move.

The request to unlock the domain happened on Nov. 14th at 4:30pm Mountain Time. Normally there is a 5-7 day waiting period, but GoDaddy offers instant transfer and they remarked that it was unusual that the hacker chose not to do that.

They confirmed no other domains have left my account.

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“So I Did What Anybody Would Do” – Domaining IS Mainstream!

John — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:41:15 +0000

Link To Full Story: DomainNoob.com

Why would you advertise your company during the Super Bowl if your target audience wasn’t average Americans? GoDaddy’s phenomenal growth over the last few years is evidence enough- domaining is mainstream! While the average person might throw their arms up in frustration at not finding an available name they like, they certainly won’t hesitate to register a name, phrase, portmanteau or new business idea they come up with either.

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GoDaddy Launches Video Sharing Site Video.me

Frank Michlick — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:58:39 +0000

Link To Full Story: Domain Name News

GoDaddy.com announced with a Press Release that they launched Video.me, a new video sharing site. With the launch of the site, the site, GoDaddy steps beyond their normal operations of a registrar, so it is very interesting to see how they will fair competing with the likes of YouTube. The domain name chosen reconfirms the company’s commitment for the .ME ccTLD, which it operates in partnership with Afilias and MeNet.

From the Press Release:

Video.ME addresses these issues by adding simplicity and flexibility to the upload process, and gives users complete control over their content – whether they simply want to store their videos ‘in the cloud,’ invite specific people to watch them or broadcast to the whole world.

Each video has the option to be password protected, giving the user control over who sees itâ€” even if the clip is added to Facebook or another website.

[...] Videos can be any length, there is just an overall weekly storage limit of 500MB.

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Most Popular Articles on DNN for January 2010

Frank Michlick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:57 +0000

Link To Full Story: Domain Name News

Here is a ranking of our most popular articles this January:

At this point we would also like to thank our current Advertisers for their support.

Two domain conferences with big live auctions, one with huge technical difficulties were the top stories traffic-wise on DNN. Another important story for us was that we were able to help a charity receive a $100,000 donation from a bank.

What was the biggest story for you this month? Let us know in the comments.

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GoDaddy Auctions Recently Sold Domain Names

Jeff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:13:30 +0000

Link To Full Story: Product Domains

Domain sales are the bread and butter of the domaining industry and the more data for buyers and sellers to see is a good thing. I recently spotted a page on GoDaddy Auctions where they list recent domain name sales in the last 30 days from their auctions and it’s located here. I have no idea if this is a new feature or if it has been around for a while but it’s new to me. As with all domain sales data, there are some interesting things to look at.

$1.17 Domain Name At GoDaddy With Coupon Code BOWL2010

Jeff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:34:26 +0000

Link To Full Story: Product Domains

GoDaddy is offering new domain name or domain transfer for $1.17 after ICANN fee with coupon code BOWL2010. The code appears to work with .com, .net, .org extensions and possibly others. Payment via credit card or by check and to be used only once per GoDaddy account.

GoDaddy iPhone App Gets Major Upgrade

Mike Phillips — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Link To Full Story: Website Magazine

In its first release, the GoDaddy iPhone app amounted to little more than a way to search for available domains (which doesn't necessitate an app at all) and buy them. But GoDaddy has turned out an upgrade, with much-needed account management capabilities. The new app lets you log in and manage DNS, domain forwarding and nameservers, and...

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Another GoDaddy Coupon Code – .info domains with free private whois – $0.49 each

Sammy Ashouri — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:40:23 +0000

Link To Full Story: Fka200.com

Well, here’s another GoDaddy coupon code! GoDaddy will allow you to register .info domain names for $0.49 EACH and that includes free private who-is for a whole year. The catch? You have to have FIVE of these in your cart to see them at this price (not that bad of a catch though, eh?). If you [...]

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.CA domainer in Godaddy News

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:09:00 +0000

Link To Full Story: DomainReport.ca

DomainReport.ca - If you get Godaddy's Aftermarket email newsletter, you would have noticed Canadian domainer Adam Dicker in the December edition. I couldn't find a link to the newsletter itself, but here is a summary below.

For those who missed it or don't get the newsletter, Adam (who is also the vice president of the Domain Aftermarket at Godaddy, and owner of DNForum.com) was the lead story with his photo and a quote "I'm not a couch potato - I'm Domaining".

Adam goes on to talk about how he came to register a .ca domain recently, and the story also provides some good advice on how to get ideas for domains to register:

"I'm not advocating that you spend more time in front of the television, but if you maintain a Domainer's perspective while watching, it's another opportunity to turn a profit. Every piece of media you see has the potential to generate new domain ideas.

I was watching TV and a commercial came on for a skin tag remover by Dr. Scholl's. I had never heard of a skin tag, but went to the Web and found 49.7 million pages indexed in Google for the phrase "skin tags." That convinced me that skin tags had some value, so I registered "skintags .ca."

He then goes on to provide some information on trademark checks:

"Of course, it's always best practice to avoid trademarks or risky names. Use a service like www.uspto.gov to check the terms before you purchase, and be sure you're not going to enter into a trademark infringement situation. If all is clear, safely register any or all extensions available to you."

As for judging the profitability of a domain and what to look for, Adam ends with this:

"Remember: A domain only needs to make 2 cents a day to be profitable. Don't let days where you only see a 5 or 10 cent return get you down, it's still making a profit at rates you won't ever see from a bank."

I recently saw that skin tag commercial on tv myself, and have to admit it did cross my mind to look up the term. However I must have been busy, and also remember thinking that skin tags must be a small market because I'd never heard of it before, and was it really worth checking into.

For fun, here are some stats on "skin tags":

Google search returns (no quotes): 51,100,000 (lots of relevant ads in sidebar)

Google search returns (with quotes): 284,000

Google Keyword Tool searches (November): 135,000 to 165,000 (with lots of 'long tail' results)

So I think this is obviously a better market than I originally thought. I have to remind myself from time to time that there is a whole world out there, and even if there's a subject you never heard of, or aren't interested in, it could still be a good market.

This domain could quickly be developped into an information site about skin tags, it would rank well for Canadian searches (at least, and possibly US searches too), and it would pull in a variety of relevant ads. I haven't even checked CJ or other places to see if there are related affiliate programs. I would even bet this domain has a 'heart beat' like Frank Schilling likes to say, meaning it has at least some low level of traffic per month to build on.

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