Articles about GoDaddy

GoDaddy goes AI: Domain giant’s evolution is a litmus test for small business adoption

KIRKLAND, Wash. — GoDaddy is still the largest domain registrar in the world, by a wide margin. But its business… Read More

GoDaddy launches new ‘Airo’ tools, betting on AI to unlock growth

After seeing promising results from early customer testing, GoDaddy is launching new artificial intelligence tools for small businesses that automate… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

— Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade… Read More

GoDaddy partners with Hiya to target billions of unwanted robocalls with new spam filter feature

GoDaddy is teaming with Seattle-based startup Hiya to provide an answer for when not to answer your phone. In an… Read More

GoDaddy hires former Expedia president Aman Bhutani as new CEO; Scott Wagner steps down due to health reasons

Former Expedia executive Aman Bhutani is the new leader of website hosting giant GoDaddy, taking over from CEO Scott Wagner,… Read More

Working Geek: Long-time techie Raghu Murthi of GoDaddy aims for a big impact in massive markets

Over Raghu Murthi’s career, he’s worked for leading tech companies in key sectors, including hardware-maker Intel, software giant Microsoft and… Read More

GoDaddy signs multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services for ‘vast majority’ of its computing infrastructure

Internet domain name registrar GoDaddy has signed a multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services to migrate most of its computing… Read More

GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving to retire after five-year run at domain name giant

GoDaddy announced Tuesday that its CEO Blake Irving is retiring from his role at the domain name giant. Irving’s last day… Read More

After GoDaddy boots Daily Stormer, will other tech companies have to follow suit?

Internet companies have long operated under the principle that they are not responsible for what their users do with their… Read More

Inside GoDaddy’s rapidly growing Seattle-area engineering office, with CEO Blake Irving

KIRKLAND, Wash. — GoDaddy might not get as much attention as the Facebooks and Googles of the world, but the… Read More

Tinder for startup ideas: GoDaddy’s ‘Flare’ gives entrepreneurs feedback on concepts with a swipe

Swipe right if you’re interested, left to dismiss, and tap if you want to learn more. That recipe for landing… Read More

GoDaddy expands Seattle-area office, now has space for 225 employees

Like many other tech companies, GoDaddy is expanding its footprint in the Seattle area. The web-hosting company said today that it… Read More

Marchex sells 200K domains to GoDaddy for $28.1M, shifts focus to mobile advertising

Marchex wants to get out of the domain business, and GoDaddy is helping make it happen. The Seattle-based company today… Read More

GoDaddy raises $460M in IPO as stock surges more than 30% in NYSE debut

It’s been a nice first day as a public company for GoDaddy. The web-hosting company raised $460 million on Wednesday after… Read More

Tech Moves: Sandell leaves Tableau’s board; Lisa Chin to depart Year Up; and more

—Tableau Software revealed in a regulatory filing that Scott Sandell will not stand for re-election to the company’s board of directors. Sandell, a… Read More

GoDaddy CEO helps produce ‘CODE,’ a documentary about the gender gap

The gap between men and women in tech is a touchy subject that’s been around for a bit. A new… Read More

Pedal carts, skate parks, and giant slides at GoDaddy’s new Tempe engineering center

TEMPE, Ariz. — Less than two minutes after entering GoDaddy’s new engineering center in Tempe, I was taken aback when… Read More

Review: The best technology ads in Super Bowl 49, and the rest

One of the best tech ads in Super Bowl 49 came from a non-tech company. Nine tech firms bought actual Super Bowl… Read More

The Seattle freeze is real; the geekiest bicycle in the world; and other top posts of the month

Wow, what happened to the summer? It’s already Labor Day, and the dog days of summer have simply slipped away.… Read More

Watch out, GoDaddy: Google’s no-fuss domain service poses threat to traditional registrars

Yesterday morning, Google let me into its new invite-only domain registration service, and I decided to give it a test run… Read More

Google hops into domain registration business, going after GoDaddy and others

People looking for domains on the web will soon have another vendor to choose from: Google. The company announced today… Read More

GoDaddy files for $100 million IPO, founder Bob Parsons resigns as chairman

Domain giant GoDaddy filed for its initial public offering this afternoon, seeking to raise at least $100 million and providing new… Read More

Buying a new gTLD domain name? The process .sucks

Up until this year, buying a domain name was pretty straightforward. With one or two accounts at registrars like GoDaddy… Read More

GoDaddy prepping for IPO

GoDaddy is currently in talks with a number of investment banks to find a backer for an initial public offering,… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft gains activist board member; Ex-Apple VP becomes first female director at GoDaddy; etc.

—Mason Morfit, president of ValueAct Capital, has joined Microsoft’s board and will also serve on the board’s audit committee. Morfit’s appointment is part… Read More

Danica Patrick in a muscle suit? GoDaddy’s new Super Bowl ad breaks with tradition

There’s plenty of skin in GoDaddy’s upcoming Super Bowl campaign, but not in the way you’d expect. The company this… Read More

GoDaddy hires Microsoft vet Arne Josefsberg as CIO to build out cloud infrastructure

GoDaddy has hired 26-year Microsoft data center and cloud computing veteran Arne Josefsberg as its new chief infrastructure officer and chief information… Read More

GoDaddy to offer Microsoft Office 365 under exclusive deal, including new low-cost bundle

GoDaddy has struck an exclusive partnership with Microsoft to sell Office 365 email and productivity tools to the domain registrar’s… Read More

GoDaddy’s 2014 Super Bowl ads will actually teach you something about the company

LAS VEGAS — Nearly every Super Bowl since 2005 has featured a controversial commercial from GoDaddy that involved risque topics… Read More

GoDaddy opens Seattle-area engineering office, already planning to expand

The views are pretty sweet from GoDaddy’s new office at Kirkland’s Carillon Point, but CEO Blake Irving knows that the… Read More