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This is not too important for the article here right now (unless Christine Jones becomes the Republican Party nominee and governor-elect of Arizona).
Headine-1: Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona Won't Seek Re-election
QUOTE: “Christine Jones, a political novice ... is general counsel of the Internet service company Go Daddy. ” — Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 22:22, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Headine-2: Christine Jones — Governor [AZ]
QUOTE: “ Jones is now running for governor of Arizona in a crowded Republican primary.” [Go Daddy will have increased visibility.] — Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 22:22, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Headine-1: GoDaddy Gearing Up For IPO: WSJ
QUOTE: “GoDaddy to interview underwriters in coming weeks, sources add.” [This article leads to four leading sources.] — Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 23:15, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
It's March 29th and I see no IPO news, yet. — But its only been two weeks. Give it a few weeks. — Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 17:53, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Headline-2: GoDaddy Files for IPO
QUOTE: "Internet Company GoDaddy Plans to Raise Up to $100 Million in IPO" -- Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 01:27, 10 June 2014 (UTC) -- PS:FYI for future editing.
Headline-3: GoDaddy Files for IPO of Internet Domain Name Marketplace
QUOTE: “It’s Go Time” for GoDaddy Inc.’s initial public offering. QUOTE: "The tag line from the company’s advertisements also reflects the beginning of its official process to tap the public markets. GoDaddy, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, filed with a $100 million placeholder, without specifying the number or price range of shares it will sell, according to today’s prospectus. Those details will be provided closer to the IPO. The company has raised its profile in recent years with advertising campaigns featuring celebrities like race-car driver Danica Patrick and Israeli model Bar Refaeli. Almost 13 percent of the $1.1 billion GoDaddy posted in revenue at the end of 2013 was spent on advertising and marketing. The company’s loss narrowed last year to about $200 million, from $279 million in 2012, according to the filing." -- Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 01:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC) -- PS:FYI for future editing.
Headline-4: GoDaddy IPO investors won't get these assets
QUOTE: "The owners of Internet company GoDaddy Inc. plan to sell some of their shares to the public in an initial public offering. But they're quietly holding on to something that could prove very valuable: the vast majority of the company's tax assets.
In a prospectus filed Monday night, GoDaddy said its existing owners will keep approximately 85 percent of "certain tax savings" that become available as the company converts from a partnership to a corporation through the IPO." -- Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 18:14, 12 June 2014 (UTC) -- PS:FYI for future editing. Note the use of the company name, "GoDaddy Inc." not "Go Daddy".
Should this article be moved to GoDaddy (as one word)? -- Another Believer ( Talk) 19:37, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
I've seen current news items refer to the company as GoDaddy Inc. but I'll go to their website and see. One WP editor suggested that they refer to themselves using "GoDaddy.com" and "Go Daddy" company. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 10:09, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Since "GoDaddy" directs over to here, I don't see any need to change; however, I also don't see "Go Daddy" used anywhere in the press [1] -- Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 10:21, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
I have contacted Godaddy requesting permission to use their logo in the Wikipedia article. I will update with their response. Spacegeek31 ( talk) 14:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Uploaded Godaddy logo, could someone check the meta data to see it if its correct? /info/en/?search=File:Godaddy_Logo.jpg Spacegeek31 ( talk) 13:57, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm new to editing on Wikipedia, and I'm pretty confused on this page. This has been discussed before: I can't find a single instance on http://godaddy.com/ where it says "Go Daddy" instead of "GoDaddy," yet the Wikipedia article here says "Go Daddy" almost every time. I can't find a find all/replace all button, either, so I can't fix the problem and have it be worth my time. Could someone help me figure out what to do in this situation, or remedy it themselves? matmatpenguin ( talk) 14:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
The headline does not entirely capture what is envisioned.
Headline: Danica Patrick losing GoDaddy as primary car sponsor
QUOTE: "Phil Bienert, the chief marketing officer at GoDaddy, told the AP it was strictly a business decision as data showed the company "we are past brand marketing in the U.S." He added that GoDaddy is working on a personal services contract with Patrick, who is considered one of the most of recognizable drivers in the world. "Danica transcends racing and is a real source of inspiration," he said. "We are working now to see what our relationship looks like going forward." Bienert also said Patrick's "record-setting season makes it tough to leave this motorsports sponsorship, without a doubt." Patrick has two top-10 finishes this season and ranks 16th in points. She has had GoDaddy as an associate sponsor since 2007. The company has been her main backer since the 2010 IndyCar season when she was with Andretti Autosport." -- Narnia.Gate7 ( talk) 13:55, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
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I am thinking about adding a section on GoDaddy and Neo-nazi content. The website Rightpedia owned by Eleonóra Dubiczki, which is a neo-Nazi online encyclopedia with extremely racist articles is being hosted by GoDaddy from 2015 and still hosted by them as of 2018.
Rightpedia appears to be a split-off group from the infamous Metapedia, which is covered on Wikipedia. In regard to other neo-Nazi racist websites, GoDaddy was hosting The Daily Stormer, but banned them in 2017. References for this [2], [3], [4], [5]. This has been well documented in news sources. Is it possible to add a section on this? I decided to comment here instead of jumping onto the article and adding it. Let me know. Leftwing Guy ( talk) 17:04, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
Why does this article have no mention of GoDaddy's buy out by private equity firms in 2011? This deal was worth over $2 billion. https://mashable.com/2011/07/02/godaddy-sold/#07xsGOUuPqqJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lenpey ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
SEC blog post: "GoDaddy Announces Security Incident Affecting Managed WordPress Service" https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000160971121000122/gddyblogpostnov222021.htm
Wordfence: "It appears that GoDaddy was storing sFTP credentials either as plaintext, or in a format that could be reversed into plaintext. They did this rather than using a salted hash, or a public key, both of which are considered industry best practices for sFTP. This allowed an attacker direct access to password credentials without the need to crack them." "During the period from September 6, 2021, to November 17, 2021, the sFTP and database usernames and passwords of active customers were accessible to the attacker. " https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/11/godaddy-breach-plaintext-passwords/ Onion76 ( talk) 11:28, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
I have created List of mergers and acquisitions by GoDaddy and List of controversies involving GoDaddy to help reduce the information on the main article. For the controversies please do not remove them completely just help narrow and summarize them, if a reader needs to find more information they will go to List of controversies involving GoDaddy - DownTownRich ( talk) 03:03, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
(CC: MrOllie) I'm strongly against linking out all of the controversies. Particularly with the extensive "Marketing" section, it diminishes GoDaddy's terrible reputation and makes the article read like an advertisement. I've added back in a select number to keep it short and relevant. (really, what's up with that section? it's missing a large number of GoDaddy controversies and has a fair number of incidents that shouldn't really be considered controversies. 206.87.153.10 ( talk) 06:45, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
The article mentions that it has controversies in a quite short lead paragraph, and its controversies are way longer than the rest of the page. It seems to have been edited by a competitor. blueskies ( talk) 17:24, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
I don't know what is the correct one, but it's impossible for equity to be more than company assets. If I had to guess, then the equity figure should be in millions instead of billions. Amberstar ( talk) 05:06, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
I am a customer of Godaddy Inc and they discontinued hosting services more than a decade ago. They are now purely a domain name registrar 2603:8000:5903:A7D5:61C9:9644:335A:2BD4 ( talk) 07:48, 31 July 2024 (UTC)