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GoDaddy Up For Auction

Posted by samzenpus on from the what's-in-a-name? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "GoDaddy.com, the closely held website that registers Internet domain names, has put itself up for sale in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The company, which currently has more than 43 million domains under management, is well known for its edgy advertising, including Super Bowl commercials and ads featuring different 'Go Daddy Girls,' including racing car driver Danica Patrick."

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  1. Ugly UI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will bidders for GoDaddy have to use the same sort of hideous web interface that they make their users use? Shame that they will have to forgo that lovely experi- FOR EXTRA $5,000,000 YOU CAN HAVE 50% AOL STOCK IN OUR SuperStock Special Plus++ Plan!!!!! CLICK >HERE!

  2. Going... by shikaisi · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... going... Gone Daddy

    --
    No left turn unstoned.
    1. Re:Going... by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny
      Already taken. gonedaddy.net is available, and so is gonedaddy.org

      Domain Name: GONEDADDY.COM
      Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
      Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
      Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/
      Name Server: NS.ARTNET.NET
      Name Server: NS2.ANET.NET
      Status: clientTransferProhibited
      Updated Date: 21-jun-2010
      Creation Date: 23-jun-1999
      Expiration Date: 23-jun-2011

      goatdaddy.com is also taken (no, I am NOT going to click on the link and see where it leads), foedaddy.com, gomommy.com, nogodaddy.com, goaddy.com, g0daddy.com, but h0daddy.com is availabile, and so is goatdaddie.com. Knock yourselves out.

  3. This Is Why Privately-Owned Companies Are Bad by Luke+has+no+name · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoever buys it is able to do a rate hike and truly screw over pre-existing consumers, and that's just if they're feeling generous. There's far worse they could potentially do.

    Everything should be owned by the Government! That way no-one would ever be screwed over.

    1. Re:This Is Why Privately-Owned Companies Are Bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Whoever buys it is able to do a rate hike and truly screw over pre-existing consumers, and that's just if they're feeling generous. There's far worse they could potentially do.

      Everything should be owned by the Government! That way no-one would ever be screwed over.

      That could quite possibly be the dumbest thing I've ever read on /.

      No one has EVER been screwed over by the government, right?

      There's really no reply to this Idiot, and it is obvious he was taught in a government school...

    2. Re:This Is Why Privately-Owned Companies Are Bad by ep32g79 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sarcasm meter broken today?

  4. Re:Oh great... by jeepien · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've got about a half dozen domains registered with them. What the hell do I do now?

    I dunno. What the hell have you been doing up till now?

  5. Re:Let's buy it! by formfeed · · Score: 2, Funny

    That includes Danica Patrick?

  6. Re:Let's buy it! by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 2, Funny

    With math skills like that, you are definitely not in charge of the money.