The Godaddy.com History
Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by admin in Online Training
Godaddy.com history begins with Go Daddy being founded in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons, who reviously founded software development company Parsons Technology, Inc. The company changed its name to Go Daddy in 1999 when a group of employees were brainstorming on a more memorable name than Jomax Technologies. Someone said “How About Big Daddy?” A quick check revealed it was taken. Then Parsons said, “How about Go Daddy?” The name was available, so he bought it. CEO Bob Parsons states the company stuck with the name because it made people smile and remember it.
Go Daddy has grown to become one of the largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the internet. In 2001, soon after Network Solutions was no longer the only place to register a domain, Go Daddy was approximately the same size as competitors Dotster and eNom. In April 2005, it surpassed Network Solutions in the market share in terms of total domain name registered.
In 2002, Go Daddy sued VeriSign for domain slamming and again in 2003 over its Site Finder service. This latter suit cause controversy over VeriSign’s role as the sole maintainer of the .com and the .net top-level domains. VeriSign shut down Site Finder after receiving a letter from ICANN ordering it to comply with a request to disable the service. In 2006, Go Daddy was sued by Web.com for patent infringement.
In 2007 and 2008, the company lobbied in favor of legislation that would crack down on unscrupulous online pharmacies and child predators.
In March 2010, Go Daddy stopped registering .CN domains (China) due to the high amount of personal information that is required to register in that country. Some called it a PR campaign since it closely followed Google’s revolt in China.
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